jive turkey

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fool, a chump, a target for jiving. US,dated,derogatory,idiomatic,slang
    — [1970s school principal:] You girls better get with what's going down! I am not a jive turkey and this school is not a jive turkey! Any questions?
  2. Someone who performs the jive dance, especially in an amusing or showy manner. US,dated,idiomatic,slang
  3. Someone who behaves in a glib and disingenuous fashion, a jiver. US,dated,idiomatic,slang

词形变化

jive turkeys plural

词源

Coined in the 1970s, originally African-American.
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