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Jerry Peck · #6 (**permalink**) 07-05-2009, 09:30 AM

Jive.

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Originally Posted by Gunnar Alquist

From Websters Online Dictionary
Main Entry:1jivePronunciation: \ˈjīv\ Function:noun Etymology

rigin unknownDate:1928 1: swing music or the dancing performed to it2 a: glib, deceptive, or foolish talk b: the jargon of hipsters c: a special jargon of difficult or slang terms
— jivey \ˈjī-vē\ adjective

Main Entry: 3jibe Function:intransitive verb Inflected Form(s):jibed; jib·ingEtymology

rigin unknownDate:1813 : to be in accord : agree

Not jibe

Main Entry: 2jibe
Variant(s): also gybe \ˈjīb\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): jibed also gybed; jib·ing also gyb·ing
Etymology: perhaps modification of Dutch gijben
Date: 1693

intransitive verb
1 : to shift suddenly and forcibly from one side to the other —used of a fore-and-aft sail
2 : to change a vessel's course when sailing with the wind so that as the stern passes through the eye of the wind the boom swings to the opposite side
transitive verb : to cause to jibe
— jibe also gybe noun

Main Entry:
2jibe Variant(s): also gybe \ˈjīb\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): jibed also gybed; jib·ing also gyb·ing
Etymology: perhaps modification of Dutch gijben
Date: 1693

intransitive verb
1 : to shift suddenly and forcibly from one side to the other —used of a fore-and-aft sail
2 : to change a vessel's course when sailing with the wind so that as the stern passes through the eye of the wind the boom swings to the opposite side transitive verb : to cause to jibe — jibe also gybe noun