jazz

jazz  (jz)

n.

1. Music

a. A style of music, native to America, characterized by a strong but flexible rhythmic understructure with solo and ensemble improvisations on basic tunes and chord patterns and, more recently, a highly sophisticated harmonic idiom.

b. Big band dance music.

2. Slang

a. Animation; enthusiasm.

b. Nonsense.

c. Miscellaneous, unspecified things: brought the food and all the jazz to go with it.

v. jazzed, jazz·ing, jazz·es

v.tr.

1. Music To play in a jazz style.

2. Slang

a. To exaggerate or lie to: Don't jazz me.

b. To give great pleasure to; excite: The surprise party jazzed the guest of honor.

c. To cause to accelerate.

v.intr. Slang

To exaggerate or lie.

Phrasal Verb:

jazz up Slang

To make more interesting; enliven: jazzed up the living area with beaded curtains.

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jazzer n.

jazzish adj.

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jazz [dʒæz]

n

1. (Music)

a.  a kind of music of African-American origin, characterized by syncopated rhythms, solo and group improvisation, and a variety of harmonic idioms and instrumental techniques. It exists in a number of styles Compare blues See also bebop, bop, Dixieland, free [7] hard bop, harmolodics, mainstream [2] modern jazz, New Orleans jazz, swing [28] trad

b.  (as modifier) a jazz band

c.  (in combination) a jazzman

2. Informal enthusiasm or liveliness

3. Slang rigmarole; paraphernalia legal papers and all that jazz

4. African-American slang obsolete sexual intercourse

vb

1. (Music) (intr) to play or dance to jazz music

2. African-American slang obsolete to have sexual intercourse with (a person)

[of unknown origin]

jazzer  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jazz - empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" idle words, malarkey, malarky, nothingness, wind talk, talking - an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"
	2.	jazz - a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles scat, scat singing - singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time) jazz - a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands bebop, bop - an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940) boogie, boogie-woogie - an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano) cool jazz - jazz that is restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat funk - an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar hot jazz - jazz that is emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation modern jazz, neo jazz, new jazz - any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940 trad - traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s jive, swing music, swing - a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
	3.	jazz - a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands dance music - music to dance to jazz - a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
Verb	1.	jazz - play something in the style of jazz music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" spiel, play - replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"
	2.	jazz - have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, be intimate, lie with, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, make love, hump, love, bed, bang, make out, know neck, make out - kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" have, take - have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" fornicate - have sex without being married copulate, mate, couple, pair - engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"

Translations

jazz [dʒæz]

A. N

1. (Mus) → jazz m

2. (= talk) → palabrería f
and all that jazz → y otras cosas por el estilo
don't give me that jazz! → ¡no me vengas con cuentos!

B. CPD jazz ballet N → jazz-ballet m
jazz band N → orquesta f de jazz

jazz up VT + ADV

1. (Mus) → sincopar

2. (fig) [+ party] → animar; [+ room] → alegrar

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jazz [ˈdʒæz] n (= music) → jazz m
and all that jazz → et tout le bataclan

jazz up

vt sep

[+ place, decor] → animer, égayer; [+ outfit] → égayer

[+ number, version, tune] → mettre au goût du jour
jazz band n → orchestre m de jazz, groupe m de jazz
jazz club n → club m de jazz

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jazz

n

(Mus) → Jazz m

(inf: = talk) → Getön nt (inf), → Gewäsch nt (pej); … and all that jazz → … und all so ’n Zeug (inf), → … und das ganze Drum und Dran (inf) attr → Jazz-; jazz band → Jazzband f; jazz music → Jazzmusik f, → Jazz m

vi (dated: = play jazz) → jazzen, Jazz machen

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jazz:

jazz ballet

n → Jazzballett nt

jazzman

n pl <-men> → Jazzer m

jazz rock

n → Jazz-Rock m

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jazz [dʒæz] n (Mus) → jazz m
...and all that jazz (fig) (fam, usu pej) → ... eccetera eccetera

jazz up vt + adv

a. (party, room, outfit) → vivacizzare

b. (Mus) (play) → suonare a ritmo di jazz; (arrange) → adattare a ritmo di jazz

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jazz [dʒæz] n (Mus) → jazz m
...and all that jazz (fig) (fam, usu pej) → ... eccetera eccetera

jazz up vt + adv

a. (party, room, outfit) → vivacizzare

b. (Mus) (play) → suonare a ritmo di jazz; (arrange) → adattare a ritmo di jazz

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jazz

n jazz [dʒaz]

popular music of American Negro origin She prefers jazz to classical music; (also adjective ) a jazz musician. jazzmusiek موسيقى الجاز джаз džez; džezový jazz der Jazz τζαζ jazz džäss جاز jazz (de) jazz גָ'אז गीतनाट्य jazz dzsessz jazz djass jazz ジャズ 재즈 džiazas džezs; džeza- jaz jazz jazz jazz jazz jazz джаз džez; džezový jazz džez gräll, prålig ดนตรีแจ๊ส caz 爵士音樂 джаз امریکا کے حبشیوں کا مخصوص گانا nhạc Jazz 爵士音乐

adj jazzy

1 bright or bold in colour or design a jazzy shirt. opsigtelik ذو ألوان صاخِبَه крещящ křiklavý smart jazzig φανταχτερός llamativo särtsakas شاد و تند vauhdikas voyant מוֹשֶׁך אֶת הָעַין चटकीला सजीव napadnih boja rikító meriah líflegur, skrautlegur vivace けばけばしい (색, 모양 등이) 요란한, 화려한 akį rėžiantis spilgts; šiks hebat kakelbont frisk, fargerik pstrokaty animado ţipător, strident пёстрый krikľavý, divoký živahen drečav gräll, prålig สีสันบาดตา parlak 顏色過艷或設計鮮艷或大膽的顏色過艷的 яскравий شوخ ، بے باک sáng 颜色过艳的

2 of or like jazz jazzy music. verjazzde من نَوْع موسيقى الجاز джазов džezový jazzagtig jazzartig που ανήκει στην τζαζ ή είναι σαν την τζαζ jazzístico džäss- دارای ویژگی های موسیقی جاز jazzahtava (de) jazz שֶׁל/כְּמו גָ'אז जाज संगीत के समान u stilu jazza dzsessz-szerű gaya jazz djass- jazz, jazzistico ジャズ風の 재즈풍의 džiazo, džiazo stiliaus džeza- muzik jaz jazz- jazz-, jazzaktig w stylu jazzowym de jazz de jazz джазовый džezový jazzovski nalik na džez jazzig ที่มีลักษณะดนตรีแบบแจ๊ส caza benzer 爵士樂(般)的爵士樂的 джазовий جاز جیسا thuộc về nhạc Jazz 有爵士音乐特征的

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jazz → موسيقى الجاز jazz jazz Jazz τζαζ jazz jazz jazz džez jazz ジャズ 재즈 jazz jazz jazz jazz джаз jazz ดนตรีแจ็ส caz nhạc jazz 爵士乐