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What (who) is JIVING - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Jiving; Jivin'; JIVE; Jive (disambiguation)
jive
(jives, jiving, jived)
1.
If you jive, you dance energetically, especially to rock and roll or swing music. (INFORMAL)
I learnt to jive there when they got the jukebox.
VERB: V
2.
Jive is rock and roll or swing music that you jive to.
N-UNCOUNT
jive
¦ noun
1. a lively dance popular in the 1940s and 1950s, performed to swing music or rock and roll.
2. a style of dance music popular in South Africa.
3. (also jive talk) a form of slang associated with black American jazz musicians.
4. N. Amer. informal deceptive or meaningless talk.
¦ verb
1. dance the jive.
2. N. Amer. informal deceive or mislead.
talk nonsense.
¦ adjective N. Amer. informal deceitful or worthless.
Derivatives
jiver noun
jivey adjective
Origin
1920s (orig. US, in sense 4): of unknown origin; the later musical sense 'jazz' gave rise to 'dance performed to jazz'.
Hand jive
KIND OF DANCE GAME FROM THE 1950S
Hand Jive; Handjive; Hand-jive; Hand jiving
The hand jive is a dance particularly associated with music of the 1950s, rhythm and blues in particular. It involves a complicated pattern of hand moves and claps at various parts of the body, following and/or imitating the percussion instruments.
Examples of use of JIVING
1. "The Kool–Aid was hot, the ham was cold, the biscuits were hard," Kyles recalled King jiving.
2. Yet Britain – already jiving to Hound Dog and Jailhouse Rock – never got to see an Elvis show.
3. They use 1'50s slang when speaking English, calling their friends "cats" and describing music as "jiving." Many members are professionals.
4. The 80–year–old Strictly Come Dancing presenter cleared a space around him before showing off some energetic routines while jiving with his wife.
5. More than 250 guests tucked into lobster and fairy–cakes before jiving the night away to a 1'40s–style swing band.