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jazz
adj. of or pertaining to jazz music, having the characteristics of jazz music, having a jazz rhythm
 
n. complex and rhythmic style of music which originated in New Orleans in the early 1900's; kind of dance music popular in the 1920's; idle talk, insincere words (Slang)
 
v. play jazz music; dance to jazz music; liven up, make lively or energetic (Slang); accelerate, speed up (Slang)


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Jazz
Jazz is an original American musical art form that originated around the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in and around New Orleans.
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jazz
Noun
1. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
(synonym) wind, idle words, nothingness
(hypernym) talk, talking
2. a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
(hypernym) popular music, popular music genre
(hyponym) scat, scat singing
(class) funky, low-down
3. a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
(hypernym) dance music, danceroom music, ballroom music
Verb
1. play something in the style of jazz
(hypernym) play, spiel
(classification) music
2. have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
(synonym) roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
(hypernym) copulate, mate, pair, couple
(hyponym) take, have
(verb-group) neck, make out


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Jazz (der)
n. jazz, complex and rhythmic style of music which originated in New Orleans in the early 1900's; kind of dance music popular in the 1920's

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jazz (m)
n. jazz, complex and rhythmic style of music which originated in New Orleans in the early 1900's, kind of dance music popular in the 1920's

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