Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete spelling of
gyves .
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- noun Plural form of
jive . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
jive .
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Examples
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I read up about her and her books have female protagonists, so that kind of jives with your suggestion too.
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So Superman and Batman explaining things in simple terms largely for the readers' benefit kind of jives with them giving people who aren't used to the New Gods a refresher course.
This Comic Is Good – Final Crisis #1 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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So if you do the math, it's 26 minutes from when the first train had an explosion, the last train explosion took place, which is a fair amount of time and also kind of jives with what the eyewitnesses were saying about being trapped for 20 or 30 minutes inside these trains, unable to get anybody to help them.
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If you are going for a natural birth, tell them at the kabala so they can try and match you with a midwife who 'jives' with that.
lizrael update 2009
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So I wouldn't call people exactly crazy for wanting stuff from Apple, when there's so much available for their devices, but whatever, your comment kind of jives with all the current Apple hate on Digg, so I guess you accomplished something there.
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So I wouldn't call people exactly crazy for wanting stuff from Apple, when there's so much available for their devices, but whatever, your comment kind of jives with all the current Apple hate on Digg, so I guess you accomplished something there.
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Not that they don't have any, of course, but it kind of jives with the idea that the worms don't start having a party all through the fish meat until they figure out that the fish has been dead awhile.
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This news jives with what Exhibitor Relations box office analyst Jeff Bock told me yesterday, when I spoke with him about "New Moon" 's weekend two performance.
‘Breaking Dawn’ Split Looks Likely As The ‘24 Hour Circus’ Of ‘Twilight’ Continues » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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All of this all jives with the recent news that Downey left his own upcoming comic book adaptation, "Cowboys and Aliens."
‘Sherlock Holmes’ Sequel Fast-Tracked, Guy Ritchie Off ‘Lobo’ » MTV Movies Blog 2010
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Finding your true expertise, the topic that jives best with who you are, is an important, although not always easy, part of the writer's journey.
Arielle Ford: Simple Ways to Pinpoint Your True Expertise Arielle Ford 2011
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