Word "JIVE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
Synonyms:
swing, swing music

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
dance to jive music; dance the jive

Crossword Clues for JIVE

Refine the search results by specifying the filter for clues.
Clue Source Date
___ Talkin', a hit in 1975 for the Bee Gees (4)
Jazz or swing music (4)
Lively jazz The Telegraph Quick 10 Jul 2025
"___ Talkin'" (1975 hit for the Bee Gees)
Misleading conversation in US dance The Telegraph Toughie 14 May 2025
Rock'n'roll dance
Rock and roll dance Mirror Tea Time 20 Mar 2025
Lively dance style of the 1940s and 1950s (4) The Guardian Speedy 16 Mar 2025
1950s dance The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 13 Mar 2025
____ Talkin', Bee Gees song The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 27 Feb 2025
Deceptive talk Thomas Joseph 04 Feb 2025
Swing music LA Times Daily 05 Jan 2025
Dance craze of the Fifties (4)
"Jump, _ an' Wail"
Jack, I have to dance (4)
A style of jazz
Lively dance style
Starts to jitterbug in very erotic dance (4)
____ Talkin', song featured in Saturday Night Fever The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 28 Jul 2024
"___ at Five," Count Basie tune New York Times 30 May 2024
1950s dance style (4)
Dance Bobby Brazier did to Wake Me Up in Blackpool on Strictly in 2023 (4)
Fifties dance (4)
Fifties dance The Telegraph Quick 29 Dec 2023
Deceptive talk Newsday 17 Dec 2023
I've followed the origin of jazz for a hectic dance .... (4)
Starts to jump in very energetic dance The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Oct 2023
Fast-paced US dance The Times Concise 30 Aug 2023
Foolish talk LA Times Daily 11 Apr 2023
Jazz style Eugene Sheffer 10 Apr 2023
“Jumpin’ ___” (Cab Calloway dance classic) New York Times 24 Oct 2022
'Jumpin' ___' (Cab Calloway dance classic) New York Times 24 Oct 2022
Judge introducing this writer’s form of jazz The Times Cryptic 10 Oct 2022
Swing music Wall Street Journal 26 Sep 2022
Lively style of jazz The Times Concise 22 Jul 2022
Deceptive talk Thomas Joseph 14 Jul 2022
'__ Talkin'': Bee Gees #1 hit The Washington Post 21 Feb 2022
"__ Talkin'": Bee Gees #1 hit LA Times Daily 21 Feb 2022
Jack and I have a dance The Times Cryptic 25 Jan 2022
Dance judge's 6 knocked back last couple
Dance judge's 6 knocked back last couple The Guardian Quiptic 20 Dec 2021
Dance most of jig in front of empty venue The Telegraph Toughie 20 Oct 2021
Jazz dance The Telegraph Quick 19 Jun 2021
'___ Talkin',' #1 hit for the Bee Gees New York Times 31 May 2021
Leaders of junta initiated violent extremes
Jupiter's lost love for one dance The Telegraph Toughie 30 Mar 2021
Lively dance The Telegraph Quick 10 Feb 2021
Malarkey New York Times 23 Dec 2020
Mumbo jumbo Newsday 29 Oct 2020
Jack left out from stirring American dance The Telegraph Toughie 14 Oct 2020
Jazz jargon Eugene Sheffer 07 Jul 2020
Cab Calloway specialty Wall Street Journal 18 Jun 2020
Lie to judge? One has
___ turkey The New Yorker 27 Apr 2020
Dance judge that is introducing a Latin number
About four, I, in France, dance The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Mar 2020
Nonsense The Washington Post 23 Dec 2019
Nonsense LA Times Daily 23 Dec 2019
Leading characters in jury's indecisive verdict expelled
Jazz style Eugene Sheffer 05 Aug 2019
Don't you believe it! New York Times 12 Jun 2019
Meaningless talk Newsday 17 Apr 2019
Judge the writer's style of music The Telegraph Toughie 12 Apr 2019
Baloney Newsday 22 Feb 2019
Don't you believe it!
Jazz jargon USA Today 14 Dec 2018
Trash talk Newsday 25 Oct 2018
Nonsense talk New York Times 28 Aug 2018
Banter The Washington Post 10 Jun 2018
Banter LA Times Daily 10 Jun 2018
There may be talk after this Fifties dance The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Mar 2018
Regularly join topless female in 7
Jazz jargon
Banter
Nonsense talk
Phony talk New York Times 23 Nov 2017
Jazzman's jargon USA Today 20 Oct 2017
Deceptive talk, so to speak Newsday 04 Oct 2017
Trash talk (also, a fast-paced dance form)
Popular dancing style (rhymes with "hive")
What Barbara Billingsley spoke in 'Airplane!' The Chronicle of Higher Education 26 May 2017
Jazz player's jargon USA Today 26 Apr 2017
Nonsense Wall Street Journal 27 Mar 2017
Meaningless talk, slangily USA Today 10 Mar 2017
Malarkey Newsday 07 Jan 2017
Jazzman's jargon
Phony talk
Nonsense
What Barbara Billingsley spoke in "Airplane!"
On first of January, the writer has to dance The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Jan 2017
Jazz player's jargon
Meaningless talk, slangily
Nonsense talk, whose circled letter is the start of what might be done with items in the four longest puzzle answers LA Times Daily 01 Dec 2016
Jazzy dance The Telegraph Quick 28 Oct 2016
Blather The Washington Post 29 Aug 2016
Mumbo jumbo The Washington Post 16 Feb 2016
Balderdash LA Times Daily 29 Jan 2016
Balderdash
Musical style from Japan that is about volume
Jazzy jargon LA Times Daily 15 Sep 2015
Lively style of jazz music The Telegraph General Knowledge 12 Jul 2015
Glib talk Newsday 30 May 2015
Baloney LA Times Daily 15 Feb 2015
Jazz talk Thomas Joseph 12 Jan 2015
Fiji veterans taking part in dance
Hepcat's lingo
Baloney
Jazzy jargon
Glib talk
Jazz jargon
Steps lead to jet setter's
Tease, in slang
Baloney
Nonsense
Hipsters' talk
Nonsense
Hepcat's talk
Nonsensical talk
Baloney
Hepcat talk
Nonsensical talk
Deceptive talk
Baloney
"___ Talkin'" (Bee Gees hit)
"___ Talkin'" (Bee Gees #1 hit)
Word with talk or turkey
Deceptive talk
Hipster-ese
Jazz genre
Subtitled "language" in Airplane!
Malarkey
Insincere talk
Jazz jargon
Cat's tongue?
Trash talk
Talk from the hip
Bee Gees hit: "___ Talkin'"
Deceptive talk, in slang
Jazzy jargon
Meaningless talk, in slang
"___ Talkin'" (Bee Gees hit)
Hepcat's jargon
Jazz jargon
Hipster's jargon
Hipster talk
Jazz jargon
Jazz jargon
Mumbo jumbo
Meaningless talk, slangily
Baloney
Hipster's jargon
Baloney
Hepcat's jargon
Swing music
Louis Prima's "Jump, ___ an' Wail"
Tease, in slang
Fast-paced dance
Double-talk
Meaningless talk
Jazzy talk
Hepcat's jargon
Jazzy talk
Jazz lingo
Swing music
Thirties jazz
Hepcat's talk
Phony-baloney
Hepcat talk
Talk of swingers
What Barbara Billingsley spoke in "Airplane!"
"___ Talkin'" (Bee Gees #1 hit of 1975)
Glib speech
Jazzman's jargon
Jazz lingo
Hipster's lingo
Hipster's jargon
Tease, slangily
See 24-Down
Nonsensical talk
Deceptive talk
Nonsense talk
Deceptive talk
Glib talk
Talk nonsense
Claptrap
Swing
Gibberish
Swing
Swing
Claptrap
Jazz jargon
Claptrap
Music form
R. Kelly's record label
Hipster's lingo
Talk nonsense
Meaningless talk, in slang
Swing music
Kid
Meaningless talk, in slang
Meaningless talk, in slang
Jazzy jargon
Fast talk
Hepcat's jargon
Jazzy jargon
Jazz genre
Swing music
Tease, the cool way
Hipster talk
Jack and I have a dance
Meaningless talk, in slang
Big Band music
Jazzy jargon
Hip talk
Tease
Barbara Billingsley spoke it, in "Airplane!"
Swing's kin
Jargon of jazz
Jazz talk
Early jazz
Jazz lingo
Jazzy talk
Jazz
Foolin'
Flimflam
Glib patter
Swing music
Early jazz
Foolish talk: Slang
Hipster's patter
Jazzman's jargon
Kid
Kind of music
Swing
Hot music
Relative of rock 'n' roll
Lingo of swing.
Music of a sort.
Type of music.
Swing music: Slang.
Jazz jargon.
Swing music.
Type of talk: Slang.
"Dancing With the Stars" dance
Dog's tongue?
The talk of swing enthusiasts.
Jargon of jazz.
Jitterbug.
Modern jargon.
Refine the search results by specifying the filter for clues.

Trending Clues