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Jives
/dʒaɪvz/
To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.
📖 Definitions of "Jives"
verb
- 1
To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.
- 2
To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
- 3
To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.
verb
- 1
To accord or agree.
"That explanation doesn’t jibe with the facts."
verb
- 1
Alternative spelling of gybe
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
Nonsense; transparently deceptive talk.
"Don’t give me that jive. I know where you were last night."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Jives"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| swingnoun | (intransitive) To ride on a swing. |
| swing music | a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s. |
| meshesnoun | A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them. |
| dovetailsnoun | (transitive) (figuratively) To combine or fit (things) together well. |
| contradictsverb | To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements). |
| comportsverb | (reflexive) To behave (in a given manner). |
| alignsverb | (transitive) To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line. |
| conformsverb | (transitive, intransitive) To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative. |
| summarizesverb | (ambitransitive) To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review. |
| syncsnoun | (informal) To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video. |
| fits | Flexible Image Transport System is an open standard defining a digital file format useful for storage, transmission and processing of data: formatted as multi-dimensional arrays (for example a 2D image), or tables. |
| jibedverb | (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt. |
| hewsnoun | A surname originating as a patronymic. |
| meldsverb | (transitive) To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse. |
| shoopnoun | A surname. |
| confoundsverb | To perplex or puzzle. |
| correlatesnoun | Either of a pair of things related by a correlation; a correlative. |
| contrastsnoun | (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts. |
| skewsverb | (transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position. |
| buzzesverb | A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones. |
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