jazz
noun
1. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- don't give me any of that jazz
Similar word(s): malarkey, malarky, nothingness, wind
Definition categories: communication, talk, talking
2. a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
Definition categories: communication
3. a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
Definition categories: communication
Sentences with jazz as a noun:
- What jazz were you referring to earlier?
- What is all this jazz lying around?
- I'm just going down to the shops and jazz = I am off to purchase items and etcetera.
- That show was the jazz! = That musical concert/television program was most enjoyable.This risotto is simply the jazz. = This risotto was cooked in the classic manner.
- Stop talking jazz.
verb
1. play something in the style of jazz
Definition categories: creation, play, spiel
2. have sexual intercourse with
Similar word(s): bang, bed, bonk, hump, know, love, screw
Definition categories: contact, copulate, couple, mate, pair
Sentences with jazz as a verb:
- Don’t jazz it too much! = Be careful, it was good to start with!
- You’ve gone and jazzed it now! = It is ruined.
- Stop jazzing me! = Leave me alone.