jazz

B1
Pronunciation
/d͡ʒæz/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

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 Definition

Energy, excitement, excitability.

3 Definition

The substance or makeup of a thing.

Example Sentences
  • What is all this jazz lying around?
4 Definition

Unspecified thing(s).

Example Sentences
  • I'm just going down to the shops and jazz.
5 Definition

(with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.

Example Sentences
  • That show was the jazz!
6 Definition

Nonsense.

Example Sentences
  • Stop talking jazz.
7 Definition

Semen, jizz.

Verb
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

To destroy.

Example Sentences
  • You’ve gone and jazzed it now!
2 Definition

To play (jazz music).

3 Definition

To dance to the tunes of jazz music.

4 Definition

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

5 Definition

To complicate.

Example Sentences
  • Don’t jazz it too much!
6 Definition

To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.

7 Definition

To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around.

8 Definition

To distract or pester.

Example Sentences
  • Stop jazzing me!
9 Definition

To ejaculate.