All jiving synonyms
jive
J j verb jiving
- satirise β to attack or ridicule with satire.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- satirize β to attack or ridicule with satire.
- dog β a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- make fun of β something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- gnaw β to bite or chew on, especially persistently.
- deceive β If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- goad β a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- delude β If you delude yourself, you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true.
- harry β to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
- pretend β to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- hector β Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- affect β If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.
- importune β to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- beguile β If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
- plague β French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- betray β If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
- slam β the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal. Compare grand slam (def 1), little slam.
- bunco β a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
- snap β to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- con β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- sound β The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3β30 miles (5β48 km) wide.
- counterfeit β Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
- vex β to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- defraud β If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
- worry β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- feign β to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
- give a hard time β a period of difficulties or hardship.
- juggle β to keep (several objects, as balls, plates, tenpins, or knives) in continuous motion in the air simultaneously by tossing and catching.
- catch β If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- mislead β to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- hocus-pocus β a meaningless chant or expression used in conjuring or incantation.
- shuck β a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
- rook β one of two pieces of the same color that may be moved any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically; castle.
- simulate β to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- screw β a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- double-cross β to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- throw β to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- illude β to deceive or trick.
- trap β a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
- psych out β to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- set up β the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- put on β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- take for a ride β to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- take in β the act of taking.
- scout β a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- brag β If you brag, you say in a very proud way that you have something or have done something.
- advertise β If someone or something advertises a particular quality, they show it in their appearance or behaviour.
- aggrandize β To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.