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Jazz meaning

What does “jazz” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“jazz” is a noun and verb with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.

jazz

noun

  1. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

    “that's a lot of wind”

    “don't give me any of that jazz”

    Synonymswindmalarkeymalarkyidle wordsnothingness

  2. a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles

  3. a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands

verb

  1. play something in the style of jazz

  2. have sexual intercourse with

    “This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm”

    “Adam knew Eve”

    Synonymssleep togetherroll in the haylovemake outmake lovesleep withget laidhave sex

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

More about “jazz”

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