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jazz 
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| 1. | music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality. |
| 2. | a style of dance music, popular esp. in the 1920s, arranged for a large band and marked by some of the features of jazz. |
| 3. | dancing or a dance performed to such music, as with violent bodily motions and gestures. |
| 4. | Slang. liveliness; spirit; excitement. |
| 5. | Slang. insincere, exaggerated, or pretentious talk: Don't give me any of that jazz about your great job! |
| 6. | Slang. similar or related but unspecified things, activities, etc.: He goes for fishing and all that jazz. |
| 7. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of jazz. |
| 8. | to play (music) in the manner of jazz. |
| 9. | Informal.
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| 10. | Slang: Vulgar. to copulate with. |
| 11. | to dance to jazz music. |
| 12. | to play or perform jazz music. |
| 13. | Informal. to act or proceed with great energy or liveliness. |
| 14. | Slang: Vulgar. to copulate. |
| 15. | jazz up, Informal.
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[Origin: 1905–10, Americanism; 1915–20 for def. 5; orig. uncert.]
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jazzer, noun
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v. jazzed, jazz·ing, jazz·es v. tr.
v. intr. Slang To exaggerate or lie. Phrasal Verb(s): jazz up Slang To make more interesting; enliven: jazzed up the living area with beaded curtains. [Origin unknown.] jazz'er n., jazz'ish adj. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
jazz
1909, Amer.Eng., first recorded in lyrics of song "Uncle Josh in Society" ("One lady asked me if I danced the jazz ..."), where it apparently refers to a style of ragtime dancing; as a type of music (originally to accompany the dance), attested from 1913. Probably ult. from Creole patois jass "strenuous activity," especially "sexual intercourse" but also used of Congo dances, from jasm (1860) "energy, drive," of African origin (cf. Mandingo jasi, Temne yas), also the source of slang jism.
"If the truth were known about the origin of the word 'Jazz' it would never be mentioned in polite society." ["Étude," Sept. 1924]The verb meaning "to speed or liven up" is from 1917; all that jazz "et cetera" first recorded 1939; Jazzercise is 1977, originally a proprietary name. Jazz Age first attested 1922 in writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald, usually regarded as the years between the end of World War I (1918) and the Stock Market crash of 1929.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 1. | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn: wind] |
| 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"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
jazz [dʒaz] noun
popular music of American Negro origin
Example: She prefers jazz to classical music; (also adjective) a jazz musician
See also: jazzyExample: She prefers jazz to classical music; (also adjective) a jazz musician
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
jazz
A form of American music that grew out of African-Americans' musical traditions at the beginning of the twentieth century. Jazz is generally considered a major contribution of the United States to the world of music. It quickly became a form of dance music, incorporating a “big beat” and solos by individual musicians. For many years, all jazz was improvised and taught orally, and even today jazz solos are often improvised. Over the years, the small groups of the original jazz players evolved into the “Big Bands” (led, for example, by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Glenn Miller), and finally into concert ensembles. Other famous jazz musicians include Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and Ella Fitzgerald.
[Chapter:] Fine Arts
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