to jive about
- phrasal verb
- /dʒaɪv əˈbaʊt/
- Informal
:
charlar sobre
- We sat around the kitchen table and jived about our favorite childhood memories.
Examples
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Whenever they get together, they love to jive about their travel adventures.
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They love to jive about the latest movies.
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They spent the whole afternoon jiving about music and movies.
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Don't jive about this topic too much!
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They spent the whole afternoon jiving about music and movies.
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We sat around the kitchen table and jived about our favorite childhood memories.
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Whenever they get together, they love to jive about their travel adventures.
Synonyms
269
1.0
To talk in a friendly, informal way about small everyday things
86
2.7
To talk quickly and without stopping about unimportant things
40
1.6
To talk in a friendly, casual way about a subject
29
3.3
To talk with someone in a friendly way
9
6.8
To chat in a relaxed informal way about unimportant things
9
4.6
Discuss an idea informally without making a decision
8
6.5
To talk quickly and excitedly in a way that is hard to understand
7
3.0
To talk in a friendly, light way about unimportant things
6
7.7
To talk for a long time in a relaxed, often boring way
3
7.9
Talk in a friendly, relaxed way for a long time
2
8.1
To chat in a relaxed way about everyday things
1
3.9
Discuss ideas informally with other people
To talk about something in informal speech
To talk in a relaxed, friendly way
To talk in a relaxed way about nothing important
To chat with others about small, unimportant things
Talk in a friendly, relaxed way
To talk briefly in an informal way
Take part in friendly playful talk that makes jokes and teases
Talk in a friendly way to try to get help or make useful contacts
How Casual
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'jive' meaning to speak/chat plus the preposition 'about' transparently yields a general sense of 'talk about' so a learner who knows the constituents would grasp that it involves discussing a topic. However, the expression is slangy and carries pragmatic nuances (casual, lively, sometimes insincere or deceptive) that are not fully predictable from the parts, so the precise register and connotation may not be clear to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Jive about comes from old jazz clubs, where the word jive meant lively, playful talk among musicians and dancers. So jive about means 'to talk casually' or 'chat' in a lively way.