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What does jive mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive, intransitive, US, colloquial) To deceive; to be deceptive.
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) To dance.
Noun
  1. A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.
  2. Swing, a style of jazz music.
  3. A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.
  4. (US, colloquial) Nonsense; transparently deceptive talk.
  5. (pejorative) African American Vernacular English.
Verb
  1. (US) Alternative spelling of jibe
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