Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shuck and jive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: shuck- and jive
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tell a misleading story, especially for advantage.

Derogatory; Offensive; Slang

noun

Derogatory; Offensive; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I also tell Tony to beware of the paths that America's legacy of racism has cleared for him. There's the one for the lazy, the uneducated, criminals, homeless people or those receiving government assistance of some kind. And there's the one for those who can rap or play basketball. And then there's one, perhaps most dangerous and damaging of all, for the folks willing to shuck and jive their way to the top of some diversity-deprived corporation or government-appointed post, compromising chunks of themselves along the way just to "make it.""
"More often than not, the I've-really-paid-my-dues stance adopted by country singers is pure shuck and jive. That's not the case with Hank Williams Jr."

Etymology

From Afro-American vernacular English.

Usage

Inflected Forms

shucks and jives (present, singular) shucking and jiving (participle, present) shucked and jived (participle, past) shucked and jived (past) shuck-and-jive (alternative, noun) shucks and jives (plural) shuck and jives (plural)

Phrases

cock and bull story

Frequently Paired Words

cock and bull story

Questions

What does shuck and jive mean?: To tell a misleading story, especially for advantage.
Where does shuck and jive come from?: From Afro-American vernacular English.

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