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jive
adjective as in colloquial
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noun as in absurdity
noun as in cheat
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noun as in conversation
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noun as in dance
noun as in deception
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noun as in defense
noun as in distortion
noun as in evasion
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noun as in excuse
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- come-off
- cop-out
- cover story
- coverup
- fish story
- song and dance
- why and wherefore
noun as in fabrication
noun as in flattery
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noun as in guile
noun as in jazz
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noun as in jest
noun as in lip service
noun as in malarky
noun as in nonsense
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noun as in patter
noun as in piffle
noun as in poppycock
noun as in rigmarole
noun as in sham
noun as in song and dance
noun as in spiel
noun as in talk
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noun as in tommyrot
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- absurdity
- babble
- balderdash
- baloney
- bananas
- blather
- bombast
- bull
- bunk
- bunkum
- claptrap
- drivel
- fatuity
- folly
- foolishness
- garbage
- gibberish
- hogwash
- hooey
- idiocy
- imprudence
- inanity
- irrationality
- jazz
- madness
- palaver
- piffle
- poppycock
- prattle
- ranting
- rashness
- rigmarole
- rot
- rubbish
- scrawl
- scribble
- senselessness
- silliness
- stupidity
- thoughtlessness
- tomfoolery
- trash
- tripe
- twaddle
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noun as in twaddle
noun as in victimization
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verb as in banter
verb as in bluff
verb as in boast
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verb as in brag
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verb as in defraud
verb as in delude
verb as in equivocate
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verb as in fabricate
verb as in fib
verb as in fool
verb as in hedge
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verb as in jest
verb as in joke
verb as in pretend
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verb as in prevaricate
verb as in ridicule
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verb as in satirize
verb as in tease
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verb as in trick
verb as in twit
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Example Sentences
In the same compilation, Carson explained that a jive is difficult for a first dance and praised Irwin’s positivity.
“Little bit of Neil Diamond,” he said as the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra revved up the go-go self-improvement jive of “Crunchy Granola Suite.”
He had been a singles skater but turning jumps into jives is not an overnight job.
The contrasts between the walkouts was stark, with Thainara enthusiastically jiving her way to the octagon and McCann showing typical focus and intensity.
But Robbins didn’t jive with the newspaper’s conservative slant.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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