Jazz
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /d͡ʒæz/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Jazz is a noun meaning (figurative) Energy, excitement, excitability.
Meaning
(figurative) Energy, excitement, excitability.
More Meanings
- The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).
- (with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
- Nonsense.
- A red-skinned variety of eating apple.
- (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.
- (slang) Semen, jizz.
- (slang) To destroy; to ruin.
Example Sentences
and all that jazz
What is all this jazz lying around?
You dare to bring your jazz songs into my house!
He loves the risk. The danger. He loves the jazz.
Word Forms
- jazzes
- jaz
- jazzing
- jazzed
Synonyms for jazz
Depending on context, synonyms include annihilate, ravage, cook, jam, invigorate, vitalise.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include know, love, bonk, bang, hump, bed.
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