Jazz

/d͡ʒæz/

noun

  1. 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. Energy, excitement, excitability.

  3. The substance or makeup of a thing.

    What is all this jazz lying around?

verb

  1. To destroy.

    You’ve gone and jazzed it now!

  2. To play (jazz music).

  3. To dance to the tunes of jazz music.

Synonyms: complexify, confuscate, annihilate, ravage, invigorate, vitalise, bother, bug

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