Jazz Definition
jăz
jazzes
noun
A kind of music, originally improvised but now also arranged, characterized by syncopation, rubato, usually heavily accented rhythms, dissonances, individualized melodic variations, and unusual tonal effects on the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, etc.: it originated with Southern blacks in the late 19th cent.
Webster's New World
A quality reminiscent of jazz music; lively spirit.
Webster's New World
Animation; enthusiasm.
American Heritage
Remarks, acts, concepts, etc. regarded as hypocritical, tiresome, trite, pretentious, etc.
The same old jazz.
Webster's New World
Nonsense.
Stop talking jazz.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
jazzes
To move or behave in a lively or carefree way.
Webster's New World
To speed up.
Webster's New World
To play in a jazz style.
American Heritage
To utter exaggerations or lies to.
Don't jazz me.
American Heritage
To fill with jazz qualities; make exciting or elaborate; enliven or embellish.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of, in, like, or having to do with jazz.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A diminutive of the male given name James.
Wiktionary
A diminutive of the female given name Jasmine.
Wiktionary
idiom
and all that jazz
- and so forth; et cetera
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Jazz
- and all that jazz
Origin of Jazz
Originally, vim, vigor, pep, copulation, semen perhaps shortening of earlier jasm vim, vigor and akin to jism
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Etymology uncertain. A detailed account is available in the Wikipedia article.
From Wiktionary
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A fanciful spelling variant of Jaz and Jas.
From Wiktionary
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