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jive meaning in Telugu

జీవ్

/ˈd͡ʒaɪv/

jive in Telugu: జీవ్. In English, jive means to deceive; to be deceptive.

Telugu words for jive

జీవ్

English meaning of jive

  1. verb To deceive; to be deceptive.
  2. verb To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.
  3. verb To speak in jive (jazz or hipster slang).
  4. noun A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.

Full definition of jive

jive in a sentence

  • Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!
  • Don’t give me that jive. I know where you were last night.

Synonyms of jive

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Questions about jive in Telugu

What is the meaning of jive in Telugu?
Jive in Telugu is జీవ్.
jive అంటే తెలుగులో అర్థం ఏమిటి?
Jive: జీవ్.
What does jive mean in English?
Jive means to deceive; to be deceptive.

Source and license

Telugu words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “jive”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: jive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Telugu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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