SHUCKING AND JIVING Definition & Meaning

shucking and jiving

or shuck and jive

noun

Slang.

misleading or deceptive talk or behavior, as to give a false impression.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of shucking and jiving¹

First recorded in 1965–70; shuck ² + -ing ¹

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So my focus ain’t shucking and jiving to be seen by Netflix or HBO — it’s pure comedy.

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“I keep on smilin’ through the worst of times,” he snarls while shucking and jiving monstrously.

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“Such comments included remarks to an African American criminal defendant about ‘shucking and jiving,’ making crude references to his anatomy, commenting about ‘chicks’ liking a car and about not spending so much time with his telescope if he had a ’20-year-old smoking hot wife,’ and using profanity in other remarks,” according to a commission statement.

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“Such comments included remarks to an African American criminal defendant about ’shucking and jiving,’ making crude references to his anatomy, commenting about ‘chicks’ liking a car and about not spending so much time with his telescope if he had a ‘20-year-old smoking hot wife,’ and using profanity in other remarks, according to a commission statement.

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“They don’t want somebody in their family standing up on a stage shucking and jiving,” Wormley says.

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