shuck and jive
shuck and jive verb: to tell a misleading story, especially for advantage.
Verb
shuck and jive (third-person singular simple present shucks and jives, present participle shucking and jiving, simple past and past participle shucked and jived)
- To tell a misleading story, especially for advantage.
- I also tell Tony to beware of the paths that America's legacy of racism has cleared for him. There's the one for the lazy, the uneducated, criminals, homeless people or those receiving government assistance of some kind. And there's the one for those who can rap or play basketball. And then there's...2007 January 5, Sufiya Abdur-Rahman, “Growing Up To Be a Black Man”, in washingtonpost.com
Noun
shuck and jive (usually uncountable, plural shucks and jives or shuck and jives)
- Deceit.
- More often than not, the I've-really-paid-my-dues stance adopted by country singers is pure shuck and jive. That's not the case with Hank Williams Jr.1979 December 21, “Hank Williams Jr. at the Roxy”, in Los Angeles Times
shuck and jive meaning in Bengali
shuck and jive in Bengali
- প্রতারণা
Forms of shuck and jive
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | shucks and jives |
| present participle | shucking and jiving |
| past participle | shucked and jived |
| past | shucked and jived |
| alternative noun | shuck-and-jive |
| Noun | |
| plural | shucks and jives |
| plural | shuck and jives |
Origin of shuck and jive
From Afro-American vernacular English.
Questions about shuck and jive
- What does shuck and jive mean?
- Shuck and jive means to tell a misleading story, especially for advantage.
- What is shuck and jive in Bengali?
- Shuck and jive in Bengali is প্রতারণা. See Shuck and jive meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is shuck and jive?
- Shuck and jive can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of shuck and jive?
- The past tense of shuck and jive is shucked and jived.
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