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shucking and jiving

shucking and jiving is the present participle and gerund of shuck and jive.

Meaning of shuck and jive

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)

  1. (derogatory, offensive, slang) 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

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Questions about shucking and jiving

What is shucking and jiving the present participle and gerund of?
Shucking and jiving is the present participle and gerund of shuck and jive.

Words near shucking and jiving in the dictionary

  1. shucked off
  2. shucker
  3. shuckers
  4. shuckery
  5. shucking
  6. shucking and jiving
  7. shucking down
  8. shucking knife
  9. shucking knives
  10. shucking off
  11. shuckings

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