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jazzy
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jazz·y  (jz)
adj. jazz·i·er, jazz·i·est
1. Resembling jazz in form or nature; rhythmical.
2. Slang Showy; flashy: a jazzy car.

jazzi·ly adv.
jazzi·ness n.

jazzy [ˈdʒæzɪ]
adj jazzier, jazziest Informal
1. (Music) of, characteristic of, or resembling jazz music
2. gaudy or flashy a jazzy car
jazzily  adv
jazziness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.jazzy - resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm)
rhythmic, rhythmical - recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"
2.jazzy - (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
colourful, colorful - striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"

jazzy
adjective flashy, fancy, snazzy (informal), gaudy, wild, smart, lively a check sports jacket, worn with a plain shirt and jazzy tie
Translations
jazzy [ˈdʒæzɪ] ADJ (jazzier (compar) (jazziest (superl)))
1. (Mus) → sincopado
2. (= showy) [dress etc] → de colores llamativos, de colores chillones
jazzy [ˈdʒæzi] adj
(= smart and modern) [product, style] → sophistiqué(e)
(= bright and cheerful) [colour] → gai(e)
[beat] → de jazz; [number, ballad] → de jazz
jazzy
adj (+er)
colourknallig (inf), → auffallend, schreiend (pej); patternwild, stark gemustert, auffallend; dress, tiepoppig (inf), → knallig (inf)
musicverjazzt
jazzy [ˈdʒæzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (pattern, design) → vistoso/a, chiassoso/a; (rhythm) → jazzistico/a
jazzy [ˈdʒæzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (pattern, design) → vistoso/a, chiassoso/a; (rhythm) → jazzistico/a


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A lot of the attack and speed that we associate with Balanchine's work, and the jazziness that you find in many works, are a residue of his encounter with tap in the 1930s," Garafola says.
Salle's painting has certainly lost its early bravura nerviness; given the critical apparatus that surrounded it two decades ago, as well as its attitudinal chilliness and the particular cerebral quality of its macho swagger, we might forget the jazziness of its juxtapositions, with its plaids and patterns, its cartoon figures, and its combinations of photographic passages and loose drawing.
There is no mention of the "Fosse clump," for instance, or of the considerable influence that the Fosse touch has had on the watered-down jazziness that is such an uncomfortable fit for rock videos, from the tame Michael and Janet Jackson offerings to the aggressively vulgar Fosse parody in Backstreet and Dr.
 
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