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jazz
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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.

[Origin unknown.]

jazzer n.
jazzish adj.

jazz
Noun
1. a kind of popular music of African-American origin that has an exciting rhythm and often involves improvisation
2. and all that jazz Slang and other related things [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jazz - empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
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
Verb1.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?"
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] njazz m
jazz up vt (= liven up) → animar

jazz [dʒæz] njazz m
jazz up vtanimer, égayer

jazz [dʒæz] nJazz m
jazz up jazz vtaufpeppen (inf)

jazz [dʒæz] njazz m
jazz up vtrendere vivace

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
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 repäisevä voyant מוֹשֶׁך אֶת הָעַין चटकीला सजीव napadnih boja rikító meriah líflegur, skrautlegur vivace けばけばしい (색이) 요란한 akį rėžiantis spilgts; šiks hebat kakelbont frisk, fargerik pstrokaty animado ţipător, strident пёстрый krikľavý, divoký živahen drečav gräll, prålig สีสันบาดตา parlak 顏色過艷的 яскравий شوخ ، بے باک sáng
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 jazz- (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 재즈의 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 爵士樂的 джазовий جاز جیسا thuộc về nhạc Jazz 爵士


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