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Jazz or swing music.
(noun)
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The jargon of jazz musicians and enthusiasts.
(noun)
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Slang Deceptive, nonsensical, or glib talk: "the sexist, locker-room jive of men boasting and bonding” ( Trip Gabriel).
(noun)
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To play or dance to jive music.
(verb-intransitive)
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Slang To talk nonsense; kid.
(verb-intransitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.