jazz

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) 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. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Energy, excitement, excitability.
3. (uncountable, usually) The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).
4. (uncountable, usually) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
5. (uncountable, usually) Nonsense.
6. (slang, uncountable, usually) Semen, jizz.
7. (uncountable, usually) 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. (US, dated, intransitive, slang) To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.
7. (intransitive, slang) To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around.
8. (slang, transitive) To distract or pester.
9. (slang) To ejaculate.

Synonyms

have sex

bed

🛏️

bonk

classical music

fuck

👉👌

get it on

have a go at it

have intercourse

have it away

have it off

bang

roll in the hay

screw

sleep with

sophisticated

wind

be intimate

do it

eff

get laid

lie with

orchestral music

love

❤️

sleep together

hump

idle words

instrumental music

know

make love

make out

malarkey

malarky

nothingness

operas

hot air

humbug

Jazz

stuff

unconventional

jazz music

jazz up

perk

liven

liven up

jazz dance

jazz ballet

pep up

Translations

jazz

Jazz

jazz

τζαζ

jazz

jazz

jazz

jazz

caz

جاز

μουσική τζαζ

jazz

iazium

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 .