jazz
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Etymology uncertain. A detailed account is available in the Wikipedia article.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
jazz (uncountable)
- (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.
- Energy, excitement, excitability. Very lively.
- The (in)tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a thing.
- What jazz were you referring to earlier?
- What is all this jazz lying around?
- Unspecified thing(s).
- I'm just going down to the shops and jazz = I am off to purchase items and etcetera.
- (with positive terms) Of excellent quality, the genuine article.
- That show was the jazz! = That musical concert/television program was most enjoyable.
- This risotto is simply the jazz. = This risotto was cooked in the classic manner.
- Nonsense.
- Stop talking jazz.
Translations [edit]
musical art form
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Verb [edit]
jazz (third-person singular simple present jazzes, present participle jazzing, simple past and past participle jazzed)
- To play jazz music.
- To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
- To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite
- To complicate.
- Don’t jazz it too much! = Be careful, it was good to start with!
- (transitive, US slang, dated) To have sex with.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 59:
- ‘Jazzing?’ Temple whispered [...]. ‘Yes, putty-face!’ the woman said. ‘How do you suppose I paid that lawyer?’
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 59:
- To destroy.
- You’ve gone and jazzed it now! = It is ruined.
- To distract/pester.
- Stop jazzing me! = Leave me alone.
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
Catalan [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English jazz.
Noun [edit]
jazz m (plural jazz)
Czech [edit]
Noun [edit]
jazz m
Dutch [edit]
Noun [edit]
jazz m (uncountable)
Derived terms [edit]
Finnish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈjats/
Noun [edit]
jazz
- jazz (style of music)
Declension [edit]
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Declension of jazz (type risti)
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Synonyms [edit]
French [edit]
Noun [edit]
jazz m (usually uncountable)
Derived terms [edit]
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
English
Noun [edit]
jazz m (invariable)
Derived terms [edit]
Polish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
jazz m
- jazz (music)
Declension [edit]
declension of jazz
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English jazz.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ʝas/
Noun [edit]
jazz m (usually uncountable)
Derived terms [edit]
- jazzista m and f
Categories:
- English nouns
- en:Music
- English verbs
- American English
- English slang
- English dated terms
- en:Music genres
- Catalan terms derived from English
- Catalan nouns
- ca:Music
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech nouns
- cs:Music genres
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch uncountable nouns
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Music genres
- French nouns
- French uncountable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Music
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian nouns
- it:Music
- Polish nouns
- pl:Music
- Spanish terms derived from English
- Spanish nouns
- es:Music genres