jive

Jive tanzen

Mit schnellen, lebhaften Bewegungen zu Swing oder ähnlicher Unterhaltungsmusik tanzen.

In einfachem Englisch: To dance with quick, lively movements to swing music or similar popular music.

• We learned to jive together.
• They jived across the dance floor.
• Can you jive to this song?

So benutzt man es: jive to something (They jived to the band's lively music.)

Synonyme: dance

Häufige Wendungen: jive to music, jive with someone, learn to jive

übereinstimmen, zusammenpassen

Mit etwas anderem übereinstimmen oder gut dazu passen.

In einfachem Englisch: To agree with something else or fit well with it.

• Those two stories don't jive.
• Her explanation jives with the facts.
• The numbers didn't jive with our earlier report.

So benutzt man es: jive with something (His account doesn't jive with the evidence.)

Synonyme: agree, match, jibe

Gegenteile: conflict, clash

Häufige Wendungen: jive with something, jive together, does not jive

täuschen, veräppeln

Jemanden hereinlegen oder Dinge sagen, die nicht wahr sind.

In einfachem Englisch: To trick someone or say things that are not true.

• Don't jive me; tell me the truth.
• He was jiving us about his rich uncle.
• Are you jiving, or did that really happen?

Synonyme: deceive, fool, kid

Häufige Wendungen: jive someone, jive me, jive about something

Jazzjargon sprechen

Mit den umgangssprachlichen Wörtern und Ausdrücken sprechen, die für Jazzmusiker typisch sind.

In einfachem Englisch: To talk using the informal words and expressions associated with jazz musicians.

• The musicians jived backstage after the show.
• He loved jiving with the jazz crowd.
• They jived about the band, using words I barely understood.

Häufige Wendungen: jive with someone, jive about jazz

Jive

Lebhafter Tanz mit schnellen Schritten, den oft zwei Personen zu Swingmusik tanzen.

In einfachem Englisch: A lively dance with quick steps, often performed by two people to swing music.

• They danced the jive together.
• Our next lesson covers basic jive steps.
• The couple won a prize for their jive.

Häufige Wendungen: dance the jive, jive steps, jive lesson

Swing

Lebhafte Jazzmusik mit ausgeprägtem Rhythmus, zu der man tanzen kann.

In einfachem Englisch: Lively jazz music with a strong rhythm that people can dance to.

• The band played jive all evening.
• She collects old jive records.
• Lively jive filled the club and drew everyone onto the dance floor.

Synonyme: swing

Häufige Wendungen: jive music, play jive, jive band

Jazzjargon

Umgangssprachliche Wörter und Ausdrücke, die Jazzmusiker und Menschen aus ihrem Umfeld verwenden.

In einfachem Englisch: The informal words and expressions used by jazz musicians and people connected with them.

• He spoke jive with the musicians.
• Some expressions from jive entered everyday English.
• She studied the jive used in old jazz clubs.

Synonyme: jazz slang

Häufige Wendungen: speak jive, jazz jive, jive talk