jazz
To destroy; to ruinTo destroy; to ruin.
» I know he likes jazz music.
Я знаю, що він любить джаз.
Meaning
9 senses(slang)To destroy; to ruin.
You’ve gone and jazzed it now!
To play (jazz music).
play something in the style of jazz
To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting.
(slang)To complicate.
Don’t jazz it too much!
(US, dated, intransitive, slang)To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.
(intransitive, slang)To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around.
(slang, transitive)To distract or pester.
Stop jazzing me!
(slang)To ejaculate.
Examples
270 sentencesI know he likes jazz music.
Я знаю, що він любить джаз.
I don't like jazz so much.
Мені не дуже вже й подобається джаз.
ruЯ не очень-то люблю джаз.
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.
She likes jazz, and so do I.
Їй подобається джаз, і мені також.
deSie mag Jazz, und ich auch.
I used to love to play jazz.
Раніше я обожнював грати джаз.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Unknown. First attested around 1912 in a discussion of baseball; attested in reference toUnknown. 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, jazzedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
36 synonyms- have sexual intercourse with:sleep togetherroll in the haylovemake outmake lovesleep withget laidhave sex
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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