jive

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [U,sing.] a fast dance to music with a strong beat, especially popular in the 1950s 2 [U] (AmE, slang) nonsense: to talk jive verb 1 [V] to dance to jazz or ROCKANDROLL music 2 [V, VN] (AmE, informal) to try to make sb believe sth that is not true SYNKID