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Definition of Jazz

1. Noun. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk. "Don't give me any of that jazz"

2. Verb. Play something in the style of jazz. "They will jazz the duet"

3. Noun. A genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles.

4. Verb. Have sexual intercourse with. "Sam cannot jazz Sue "; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

5. Noun. A style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands.

Definition of Jazz

1. Noun. (music) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation. ¹

2. Noun. Energy, excitement, excitability. Very lively. ¹

3. Noun. The (in)tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a thing. ¹

4. Noun. Unspecified thing(s). ¹

5. Noun. (''with positive terms'') Of excellent quality, the genuine article. ¹

6. Noun. Nonsense. ¹

7. Verb. To play '''jazz''' music. ¹

8. Verb. To dance to the tunes of '''jazz''' music. ¹

9. Verb. To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite ¹

10. Verb. To complicate. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive US slang dated) To have sex with. ¹

12. Verb. To destroy. ¹

13. Verb. To distract/pester. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jazz

1. to enliven [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: enliven

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jazz

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