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jive

adjective as in colloquial

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conversational vernacular

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chatty common demotic dialectal everyday idiomatic popular street

noun as in absurdity

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craziness farce folly foolishness idiocy insanity silliness stupidity

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applesauce illogicality illogicalness improbability inanity incongruity irrationality jazz ridiculousness senselessness

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flapdoodle ludicrousness unreasonableness

noun as in cheat

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chicanery deception fraud scam swindle trick trickery

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artifice baloney bunco con cozening deceit dodge double-dealing fake flimflam frame hoax hoaxing humbug hustle imposture jazz plant put on racket ripoff sell sham spoof sting stunt whitewash

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bamboozlement bill of goods con game cover up dirty pool dirty trick fast one fast shuffle fix hanky-panky run around shady deal shell game snow job wrong

noun as in conversation

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chat comment communication conference consultation debate discussion exchange gossip hearing observation questioning remark speech talk visit

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colloquy communion confab confabulation converse expression gab intercourse palaver parley repartee ventilation yak

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pillow talk talkfest tête-à-tête

noun as in dance

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disco samba tango waltz

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boogie Charleston conga foxtrot frolic hop hustle jig jitter jitterbug jump leap one-step promenade rhumba spin step swing tap twist two-step

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boogie down bunny hop cut a rug foot it get down rock n' roll trip the light fantastic

noun as in deception

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cover-up fraud hoax illusion lie ruse scam subterfuge trick

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bilk con game confidence game crock fast one fast shuffle mare's-nest snow job

noun as in defense

noun as in distortion

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bias exaggeration lie misinterpretation misrepresentation misstatement misuse

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baloney bend BS buckle coloring contortion crock crookedness jazz line malformation mutilation perversion slant smoke story torture twist warp

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intorsion malconformation misshape tall story twistedness

noun as in evasion

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come-off cop-out equivocating eschewal evading fancy footwork fudging fugiviteness fugivity runaround stonewall

noun as in excuse

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alibi apology justification pretext rationalization substitute trick

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cleanup cover defense disguise evasion expedient extenuation grounds makeshift mitigation plea regrets routine semblance shift song stall stopgap story subterfuge vindication whitewash

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come-off cop-out cover story coverup fish story song and dance why and wherefore

noun as in fabrication

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deceit falsehood fiction forgery myth untruth

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artifact concoction fable fake fib figment hogwash invention jazz line opus smoke work yarn

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fairy story song and dance

noun as in flattery

noun as in guile

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artfulness artifice chicanery craft craftiness cunning deceit deception dishonesty dissimulation duplicity ruse sellout treachery trickiness wiliness

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dirty dealing dirty pool dirty trick dirty work dissemblance double-cross foul play runaround sharp practice stab in the back

noun as in jazz

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bebop blues boogie boogie-woogie bop Dixieland ragtime swing

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fusion jazz hot jazz improvisational music

noun as in jest

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banter crack fun funny gag game hoax laugh one-liner play pleasantry prank quip ridicule sally spoof sport wisecrack witticism

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bon mot jolly rib-tickler

noun as in lip service

noun as in malarky

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absurdity babble balderdash baloney bombast bull bunk drivel foolishness gibberish giddiness hogwash poppycock prattle rubbish silliness trash

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noun as in nonsense

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absurdity babble baloney bunk craziness drivel folly foolishness gibberish madness rubbish silliness stupidity trash

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balderdash bull claptrap fatuity flightiness fun garbage hogwash hooey inanity irrationality jazz palaver poppycock prattle ranting rashness rot senselessness tripe

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hot air ludicrousness mumbo jumbo

noun as in patter

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chatter monologue spiel

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argot cant dialect jabber jargon line lingo patois pitch prattle slant vernacular

noun as in piffle

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balderdash baloney bull bunk drivel foolishness gibberish hogwash hooey palaver poppycock prattle rubbish silliness trash

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empty talk futile talk hot air useless words

noun as in poppycock

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babble balderdash baloney bull bunk drivel foolery foolishness garbage gibberish hogwash hooey malarkey palaver prattle rubbish silliness trash

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empty talk hot air mumbo jumbo

noun as in rigmarole

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babble balderdash baloney blather bull bunk drivel foolishness gibberish gobbledygook hogwash jargon madness palaver poppycock prattle rubbish senselessness silliness trash

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hot air mumbo jumbo

noun as in sham

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farce forgery fraud hypocrisy mockery travesty

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burlesque cant caricature cheat counterfeit cover-up deceit deception facade fake fakery feint flimflam imitation impostor imposture pretense pretext put on sell smoke spoof

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false front hypocriticalness pharisaism phoniness snow job

noun as in song and dance

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bill of goods bull con elaborate explanation line number ripoff scam snow job story the business

noun as in spiel

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chatter jabber line pitch

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empty talk sales talk

noun as in talk

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conversation report rumor

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hot air idle talk small talk tête-à-tête

noun as in tommyrot

noun as in twaddle

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babble balderdash baloney BS bull bunk chatter crap drivel foolishness gibberish hogwash hooey palaver poppycock prattle rubbish silliness trash tripe

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hot air idle talk mumbo jumbo stultiloquence

noun as in victimization

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artifice baloney bunco chicanery con deceit dodge double-dealing fake fix flimflam fraud hoax humbug hustle imposture jazz put on racket ripoff scam sham spoof sting stunt swindle trickery whitewash

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bamboozlement bill of goods con game cozening dirty pool dirty trick fast one fast shuffle hanky-panky hoaxing run around shady deal shell game snow job

verb as in banter

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chaff deride fool fun jeer jest joke josh kid mock rag razz rib ridicule satirize

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verb as in bluff

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affect beguile betray bunco con counterfeit defraud fake feign fool humbug juggle lie mislead sham shuck simulate snow trick

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double-cross fake out illude psych out put on take in

verb as in boast

verb as in brag

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boast crow gloat

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bluster exult gasconade grandstand hot-dog mouth prate puff rodomontade showboat shuck swagger vaunt

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blow one's own horn pat oneself on the back

verb as in defraud

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circumvent con deceive dupe embezzle fleece rob swindle victimize

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bamboozle beguile burn chouse clip cozen delude do foil hoax milk outwit pilfer shaft shuck stick take trick

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do number on do out of flimflam pull fast one rip off sucker into take in take to the cleaners

verb as in delude

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dupe hoodwink misguide mislead

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beguile betray bluff cheat con cozen gull hoax juggle outfox snow trick

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caboodle disinform do a number on double-cross illude impose on lead up garden path mousetrap play trick on string along sucker take in

verb as in equivocate

verb as in fabricate

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concoct contrive counterfeit fake fudge invent misrepresent trump up

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coin devise feign fib forge form lie pretend prevaricate

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verb as in fib

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concoct equivocate fabricate falsify invent palter plant prevaricate promote shovel

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create fiction make up speak with forked tongue stretch the truth tell a little white lie trump up

verb as in fool

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cheat deceive delude dupe hoodwink pretend

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bamboozle bluff chicane con diddle flimflam fox gull hoax juke kid outfox scam snow spoof trifle

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fake out lead on make believe play a trick on play-act put on put one over on suck in take in

verb as in hedge

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fudge sidestep waffle

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duck equivocate evade flip-flop prevaricate pussyfoot quibble shuck shuffle stall stonewall temporize tergiversate

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be noncommittal beat around the bush blow hot and cold cop a plea cop out give the runaround hem and haw pass the buck run around shilly-shally sit on the fence tergiverse

verb as in jest

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banter chaff deride flout fool fun gibe gird jeer jolly josh kid mock needle quip rag razz rib roast scoff sneer spoof tease

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verb as in joke

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banter laugh quip

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chaff deceive deride fool frolic fun gambol jape jest jolly josh mock needle play revel rib ridicule roast spoof sport taunt trick wisecrack

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horse around kid around make merry play the clown play tricks poke fun pull one's leg put on

verb as in josh

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banter jest kid needle razz rib spoof tease

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verb as in pretend

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assume bluff feign fool impersonate profess purport put on

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act affect allege beguile cheat claim counterfeit cozen deceive delude dissemble dissimulate dupe fish fudge hoodwink jazz malinger masquerade mislead sham simulate stonewall sucker whitewash

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be deceitful be hypocritical claim falsely fake out lay claim let on make out pass off pass oneself off as put up a front

verb as in prevaricate

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belie cavil con distort dodge equivocate evade exaggerate fabricate falsify fib garble hedge invent lie misrepresent misspeak palter quibble shift shuffle tergiversate

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beat around the bush beg the question phony up put on

verb as in ridicule

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deride humiliate lampoon mock scoff scorn taunt

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banter caricature cartoon chaff deflate expose fleer gibe haze jape jeer jolly josh kid mimic needle parody pooh-pooh quiz rag rally rib ride roast satirize sneer takeoff travesty twit unmask

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laugh at make a fool of make a game of make a laughingstock make fun of poke fun at pull one's leg put down rail at razz run down send up show up

verb as in satirize

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lampoon mock parody spoof

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banter burlesque caricature cartoon deride haze humiliate jeer josh kid mimic needle pan rib ride roast

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caricaturize jape laugh at make a fool of make fun of poke fun at pull one's leg razz

verb as in tease

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annoy badger bother harass mock needle nudge pester pick on ridicule tantalize taunt torment

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bait banter bedevil beleaguer chaff devil disturb dog gibe gnaw goad harry hector importune josh plague rag rally razz rib ride roast slam snap sound spoof vex worry

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be at give a hard time lead on put down send up swipe at

verb as in trick

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bamboozle cheat con deceive defraud delude dupe hoodwink mislead swindle victimize

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catch fake flimflam gull hoax hocus-pocus outwit rook trap

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disinform double-deal impose upon play for a fool pull wool over put one over on set up take for a ride take in

verb as in twit

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Adapting ideas used to design piezoelectric robots gives soft robotics a new outlook, potentially leading to completely artificial materials that jive with our bodies.

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Melora Hardin, of The Office and Transparent fame, did a jive to the song “Hound Dog” inspired by Stephen King’s Cujo.

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That jives with some more recent guidance from the ACSM that suggests progressing the amount of weight you lift so that it feels like a difficulty of about 8 out of 10.

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More weakly fused participants were, perhaps unsurprisingly, much less biased, deleting about 0 to 9 percent of comments that didn’t jive with their views.

The piece—an intended satire of affirmative action—was not received quite as warmly as the “I speak Jive” scene from Airplane!

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Instead, she wanted to listen to her music and go disco-ing or to some jive concert.

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Steele publicized the boycott on his blog, Tie-Dyed Jive in the (415), and sent out a press release promoting it.

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Then, when Ali's jive began to bend toward something like truth, Lipsyte snatched those thoughts for his column.

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On this page you'll find 1726 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to jive, such as: conversational, vernacular, chatty, common, demotic, and dialectal.

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