Jive
1920s (originally US denoting meaningless or misleading speech): of unknown origin; the later musical sense ‘jazz’ gave rise to ‘dance performed to jazz’ (1940s).
wiktionary
Unknown. Slang attested in African-American and rural American culture. Frequently used to imply lying, verbal deception or trickery. Has a possible historical antecedent in gyve(“shackle”). Alternatively, of African origin, compare Wolof jev, jeu(“to talk about someone absent, especially in a disparaging manner”).
jive (third-person singular simple present jives, present participle jiving, simple past and past participle jived)
etymonline
jive (v.1)
the word appears in 1928 in American-English, meaning "to deceive playfully," also with noun sense "empty, misleading talk" and as the name of a style of fast, lively jazz and dance music; from African-American vernacular and probably of African origin (compare Wolof jev, jeu "talk about someone absent, especially in a disparaging manner"). Related: Jived; jiving.
jive (v.2)
"agree," 1943, apparently a mistake for jibe (v.), influenced by jive (v.1).
jive (adj.)
"not acting right," 1969, African-American vernacular, from jive (n.). Extended form jive-ass (1964, adj.; 1969, n.) is defined in OED as "A word of fluid meaning and application," but generally disparaging.
jive (n.)
"empty, misleading talk;" also a style of fast, lively jazz and dance music," 1928, American English, from jive (v.1). Used from 1938 for "New York City African-American slang."
