hand jive

a dance found in the movie and broadway musical Grease. Don't ask me how to do it.

I could barely walk when I milked a cow, when I was three I pushed a plow, while chopping wood I moved my legs, and I started dancing when I gathered eggs. The whole time laughed, I was only five, I danced and gave birth to the hand jive!

by Gwen Stefani Grrl June 20, 2004

jive

v.:1) to irritate or annoy
2) to throw off someone's style
n.:1) pointless or deceptive talk/rhetoric

v.:"Quit jivin' me, turkey"
n.:"Don't give me that jive"

by 1337|Smi13Y September 14, 2003

jive

1) Jazz slang from the 1930s and 40s. The language of swing.
Cab Calloway produced some "hepster dictionaries" in the form of free booklets given away with his recordings of the time.

2)A partner dance from the 1950s based upon a 6-count pattern. A rather simplistic descendent of the more complex and exciting Lindy Hop. Danced to rockabilly, early rhythm 'n' blues, rock 'n' roll and sometimes swing, although Lindy is the preferred dance.

1) first chap~ Get off the fence Hortense! Dig those real gone gates! They totally send me!
second chap~ Sir, are you talking jive to me?

2)I'm knackered, I was jiving all night at the club. The Lindy Hoppers weren't too impressed though as they didn't play much swing.

by Thee Red Monkey June 11, 2006

teach me to jive, grasshopper

Asking someone to "teach me to jive, grasshopper" is actually code for "rip off my panties, put them on my head, suck my titays, and then roger me to exhaustion".

A very popular thing to say at parties.

When Binky heard Simone say the magic words, "teach me to jive, grasshopper", he knew it was going to be a good evening.

by scodder May 1, 2010

jive turkey

The most insulting word in the english dictionary.

I about shot John after he called me a jive turkey, but it turns out he really only called me a cock sucker.

by eagle777 March 15, 2008

shuck and jive

To shuck and jive" originally referred to the intentionally misleading words and actions that African-Americans would employ in order to deceive racist Euro-Americans in power, both during the period of slavery and afterwards. The expression was documented as being in wide usage in the 1920s, but may have originated much earlier.

"Shucking and jiving" was a tactic of both survival and resistance. A slave, for instance, could say eagerly, "Oh, yes, Master," and have no real intention to obey. Or an African-American man could pretend to be working hard at a task he was ordered to do, but might put up this pretense only when under observation. Both would be instances of "doin' the old shuck 'n jive."

It has been adopted into non-Afroamerican speech, with a reference to behavior adopted in order to avoid criticism.

In order to keep my job, I had to do the shuck and jive!

by Dr. Mark January 20, 2010

jive-ass

The rhythmic body language of the ebonically inclined. Jive-assing often consists of walking like a chicken or dancing about aimlessly. Jive-ass can also be used to describe any mannerisms or behavior indicative of ebonics culture.

1.) In the '80s, it was fashionable to hold a boom-box on one's shoulder and jive-ass down the street.

2.) Take your jive-ass bullshit somewhere else. None of my change is "spare".

3.) In his own jive-ass way, he explained his belief in the "Grand Pimp Jesus".

by Doug Mesner July 8, 2004