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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

jive

· IPA /ˈd͡ʒaɪv/
01 n. a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.
  1. 1.
    a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.
Syn. swing, swing music.