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JAZZ
jazz
(noun) a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
jazz
(noun) a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
wind, malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz, nothingness
(noun) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; “that’s a lot of wind”; “don’t give me any of that jazz”
jazz
(verb) play something in the style of jazz
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
jazz (uncountable)
(music genre) 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.
Energy, excitement, excitability.
The substance or makeup of a thing.
Unspecified thing(s).
(with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
Nonsense.
Semen, jizz.
Verb
jazz (third-person singular simple present jazzes, present participle jazzing, simple past and past participle jazzed)
To destroy.
To play (jazz music).
To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite
To complicate.
(intransitive, US slang, dated) To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.
(intransitive) To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around. [from 20th c.]
To distract or pester.
To ejaculate.
Synonyms
• (to destroy): annihilate, ravage; see also destroy
• (to play jazz music): cook, jam; see also play music
• (to enliven): invigorate, vitalise; see also enliven
• (to complicate): complexify, confuscate; see also complicate
• (to prostitute oneself): sell one's body, turn tricks; see also prostitute oneself
• (to pester): bother, bug; see also annoy
Etymology
Proper noun
Jazz
A diminutive of the male given name James.
A diminutive of the female given name Jasmine.
Source: Wiktionary
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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