Meaning

9 senses
  1. (slang)To destroy; to ruin.

    You’ve gone and jazzed it now!

  2. To play (jazz music).

    play something in the style of jazz

  3. To dance to the tunes of jazz music.

  4. To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting.

  5. (slang)To complicate.

    Don’t jazz it too much!

  6. (US, dated, intransitive, slang)To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.

  7. (intransitive, slang)To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around.

  8. (slang, transitive)To distract or pester.

    Stop jazzing me!

  9. (slang)To ejaculate.

Examples

270 sentences
  1. I know he likes jazz music.

    Я знаю, що він любить джаз.

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  2. I don't like jazz so much.

    Мені не дуже вже й подобається джаз.

    ruЯ не очень-то люблю джаз.

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  3. I like listening to music, especially jazz.

    Я люблю слухати музику, особливо джаз.

    ruЯ люблю слушать музыку, особенно джаз.

    deIch höre gern Musik, vor allem Jazz.

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  4. She likes jazz, and so do I.

    Їй подобається джаз, і мені також.

    deSie mag Jazz, und ich auch.

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  5. I used to love to play jazz.

    Раніше я обожнював грати джаз.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

Unknown. First attested around 1912 in a discussion of baseball; attested in reference to

Unknown. First attested around 1912 in a discussion of baseball; attested in reference to music around 1915. Numerous references suggest that the term may be connected to jasm and jism.

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Forms

jazzes, jazzing, jazzed, jazzed
Base formjazz · to jazz
3rd person singularjazzes
Present participlejazzing
Past simplejazzed
Past participlejazzed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjazz
he, she, itjazzes

Past simpleLesson

all personsjazzed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jazzed
he, she, ithas jazzed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jazz

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

36 synonyms
to play jazz music:cookA1
to pester:botherA2
to destroy:annihilate
to enliven:invigorate
to complicate:complexify
to prostitute oneself:sell one's body

Collocations

12 patterns
  • like jazz
  • listen to jazz
  • jazz saxophone player
  • good jazz saxophonist
  • pretty good jazz
  • good jazz saxophone
  • a jazz musician
  • jazz musician
  • jazz saxophonist
  • interested in jazz
  • to play jazz
  • is a jazz

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jazz — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto