jive

Definitions of jive
  1. noun
    in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
    synonyms: swing
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    type of:
    slag
    (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
  2. noun
    a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
    synonyms: swing
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    type of:
    jazz, jazzmuziek
    a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
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Keep Dancing, Lizzie Chu
Maisie Chan

Twelve-year-old Lizzie Chu is determined to journey west from Glasgow, Scotland, to Blackpool, England, so that she can honor her grandmother's last wish of enjoying afternoon tea at a historic ballroom.

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