jazz

Meaning

Noun

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; unspecified thing(s).
4. Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
5. Nonsense.
6. (slang) Semen, jizz.
7. A red-skinned variety of eating apple.

Verb

1. (slang) To destroy; to ruin.
2. To play (jazz music).
3. To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
4. To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting.
5. (slang) To complicate.
6. (slang) To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.
7. (slang) To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around.
8. (slang) To distract or pester.
9. (slang) To ejaculate.

Concepts

jazz

bang

be intimate

bed

bonk

do it

eff

fuck

get it on

get laid

have a go at it

have intercourse

have it away

have it off

have sex

hump

know

lie with

love

make love

make out

roll in the hay

screw

sleep together

sleep with

idle words

malarkey

malarky

nothingness

wind

sophisticated

classical music

instrumental music

operas

orchestral music

jazz music

humbug

stuff

unconventional

jazz up

liven

liven up

pep up

perk

jazz dance

jazz ballet

hot air

Jazz

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒæz/

Etymology

Unknown. First attested around 1912 in a discussion of baseball; attested in reference to music around 1915. Numerous references suggest that the term may be connected to jasm and jism.

Sentences

Much of William Schmidt's music was influenced by jazz and folk music .