Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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jive | Yes | No | Yes | No |
saltation | Yes | No | No | No |
jive (noun) | saltation (noun) |
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a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | |
(genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species | |
an abrupt transition | |
(geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface |
jive (verb) | saltation (verb) |
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dance to jive music; dance the jive |