All jiving synonyms
jive
J j verb jiving
- claim β If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
- dissemble β to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
- dissimulate β to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble: to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival.
- fish β (loosely) any of various other aquatic animals.
- jazz β music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
- malinger β to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- masquerade β a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- whitewash β a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
- let on β to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- make out β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- pass off β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- belie β If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
- distort β to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- garble β to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions.
- misspeak β Express oneself insufficiently clearly or accurately.
- shift β to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
- humiliate β to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- lampoon β a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- scorn β open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
- caricature β A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
- cartoon β A cartoon is a humorous drawing or series of drawings in a newspaper or magazine.
- deflate β If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
- expose β Make (something) visible, typically by uncovering it.
- fleer β to grin or laugh coarsely or mockingly.
- haze β vagueness or obscurity, as of the mind or perception; confused or vague thoughts, feelings, etc.: The victims were still in a haze and couldn't describe the accident.
- mimic β to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
- pan β an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or to the safety of one of its passengers.
- parody β a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- pooh-pooh β to express disdain or contempt for; dismiss lightly: He pooh-poohed all their superstitious fears.
- quiz β an informal test or examination of a student or class.
- rally β to ridicule in a good-natured way; banter.
- ride β to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- takeoff β a taking or setting off; the leaving of the ground, as in leaping or in beginning a flight in an airplane.
- travesty β a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
- twit β to taunt, tease, ridicule, etc., with reference to anything embarrassing; gibe at. Synonyms: jeer at, mock, insult, deride.
noun jiving
- ruse β a city in N Bulgaria, on the Danube.
- sham β something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- subterfuge β an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
- bluster β If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
- braggadocio β vain empty boasting
- bravado β Bravado is an appearance of courage or confidence that someone shows in order to impress other people.
- deception β Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- delusion β A delusion is a false idea.
- facade β Architecture. the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one. any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly.
- fake β to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- feint β a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
- fraud β deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
- front β the foremost part or surface of anything.
- humbug β something intended to delude or deceive.
- lie β Jonas, 1880β1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.