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Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

jazz

Pronunciation:/d͡ʒæz/

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. Energy, excitement, excitability.

  3. The substance or makeup of a thing.

    Example: What is all this jazz lying around?

  4. Unspecified thing(s).

    Example: I'm just going down to the shops and jazz.

verb

Definitions

  1. To destroy.

    Example: You’ve gone and jazzed it now!

  2. To play (jazz music).

  3. To dance to the tunes of jazz music.

  4. To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite