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

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"___ 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 The Telegraph Quick 29 Dec 2023
Fifties dance (4)
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 LA Times Daily 21 Feb 2022
'__ Talkin'': Bee Gees #1 hit The Washington Post 21 Feb 2022
Jack and I have a dance The Times Cryptic 25 Jan 2022
Dance judge's 6 knocked back last couple The Guardian Quiptic 20 Dec 2021
Dance judge's 6 knocked back last couple
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 LA Times Daily 10 Jun 2018
Banter The Washington Post 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
On first of January, the writer has to dance The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Jan 2017
Meaningless talk, slangily
What Barbara Billingsley spoke in "Airplane!"
Jazzman's jargon
Nonsense
Phony talk
Jazz player's jargon
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
Glib talk
Jazz jargon
Jazzy jargon
Baloney
Steps lead to jet setter's
Nonsense
Hipsters' talk
Hepcat's talk
Tease, in slang
Nonsense
Baloney
Hepcat talk
Nonsensical talk
Baloney
Nonsensical talk
"___ Talkin'" (Bee Gees hit)
Word with talk or turkey
Deceptive talk
Deceptive talk
Jazz genre
Hipster-ese
Baloney
"___ Talkin'" (Bee Gees #1 hit)
Trash talk
Jazz jargon
Malarkey
Insincere talk
Cat's tongue?
Subtitled "language" in Airplane!
Bee Gees hit: "___ Talkin'"
Deceptive talk, in slang
Jazzy jargon
Talk from the hip
Meaningless talk, in slang
"___ Talkin'" (Bee Gees hit)
Hipster's jargon
Baloney
Jazz jargon
Mumbo jumbo
Jazz jargon
Hepcat's jargon
Baloney
Hipster's jargon
Meaningless talk, slangily
Hepcat's jargon
Jazz jargon
Hipster talk
Tease, in slang
Double-talk
Louis Prima's "Jump, ___ an' Wail"
Jazzy talk
Jazzy talk
Swing music
Hepcat's jargon
Meaningless talk
Fast-paced dance
Jazz lingo
Swing music
Thirties jazz
Hepcat's talk
"___ Talkin'" (Bee Gees #1 hit of 1975)
What Barbara Billingsley spoke in "Airplane!"
Phony-baloney
Jazz lingo
Talk of swingers
Hipster's lingo
Hepcat talk
Jazzman's jargon
Glib speech
Hipster's jargon
Nonsense talk
Nonsensical talk
Deceptive talk
See 24-Down
Tease, slangily
Deceptive talk
Swing
Claptrap
Swing
Claptrap
Talk nonsense
Glib talk
Swing
Gibberish
Jazz jargon
R. Kelly's record label
Hipster's lingo
Talk nonsense
Claptrap
Music form
Kid
Swing music
Meaningless talk, in slang
Meaningless talk, in slang
Meaningless talk, in slang
Jazzy jargon
Fast talk
Jazz genre
Jack and I have a dance
Hepcat's jargon
Swing music
Hipster talk
Jazzy jargon
Tease, the cool way
Hip talk
Meaningless talk, in slang
Big Band music
Jazzy jargon
Tease
Jazz talk
Early jazz
Jargon of jazz
Swing's kin
Barbara Billingsley spoke it, in "Airplane!"
Jazz lingo
Jazzy talk
Jazz
Flimflam
Foolin'
Glib patter
Swing music
Early jazz
Foolish talk: Slang
Hipster's patter
Kid
Jazzman's jargon
Kind of music
Swing
Hot music
Relative of rock 'n' roll
Modern jargon.
Type of music.
"Dancing With the Stars" dance
Swing music: Slang.
Type of talk: Slang.
Jitterbug.
Jargon of jazz.
The talk of swing enthusiasts.
Dog's tongue?
Swing music.
Jazz jargon.
Music of a sort.
Lingo of swing.
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