Slang vs. Jive: What's the Difference?
Slang and Jive Definitions
Slang
A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech, made up typically of coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness, humor, irreverence, or other effect.
Jive
Jazz or swing music.
Slang
Language peculiar to a group; argot or jargon
Thieves' slang.
Jive
The jargon of jazz musicians and enthusiasts.
Slang
To use slang.
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Jive
(Slang) Deceptive, nonsensical, or glib talk
"the sexist, locker-room jive of men boasting and bonding" (Trip Gabriel).
Slang
To use angry and abusive language
Persuaded the parties to quit slanging and come to the bargaining table.
Jive
To play or dance to jive music.
Slang
To attack with abusive language; vituperate
"They slanged each other with every foul name they had learned from the age of three" (Virginia Henley).
Jive
To talk in an exaggerated, teasing, or misleading way.
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Slang
Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
Jive
To talk or chat
"You just jive in one big group, putting each other on, trying to top the last line" (Time).
Slang
Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
Jive
(Usage Problem) To be in accord.
Slang
The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to conceal one's meaning from outsiders; cant.
Jive
To speak to (someone) in an exaggerated, teasing, or misleading way.
Slang
(countable) A particular variety of slang; the slang used by a particular group.
Jive
Misleading, phony, or worthless
Talking jive nonsense.
Slang
(countable) An item of slang; a slang word or expression.
Jive
To deceive; to be deceptive.
Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!
Slang
(India) A curse word.
Jive
To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.
Slang
Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
Jive
(uncountable) A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.
Slang
A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
Jive
(uncountable) Swing, a style of jazz music.
Slang
A counterfeit weight or measure.
Jive
(uncountable) A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.
Slang
A travelling show, or one of its performances.
Jive
Synonym of bullshit: patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk.
Don’t give me that jive. I know where you were last night.
Slang
A hawker's license.
Jive
African-American Vernacular English.
Slang
A watchchain.
Jive
A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.
Slang
To vocally abuse, or shout at.
Jive
A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
Slang
To sell especially illegal drugs.
Jive
Dance to jive music; dance the jive
Slang
Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
Slang
A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
Slang
Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.
Slang
To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
Every gentleman abused by a cabman or slanged by a bargee was bound there and then to take off his coat and challenge him to fisticuffs.
Slang
Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar;
Their speech was full of slang expressions
Slang
A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves);
They don't speak our lingo
Slang
Use slang or vulgar language
Slang
Fool or hoax;
The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
You can't fool me!
Slang
Abuse with coarse language
