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jazz¹

  • /d͡ʒæz/

Rhymes with -æz

Where it comes from

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.

noun jazzes · jaz · jas · jass · jasz

  1. uncountable, usually 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. You dare to bring your jazz songs into my house!
  2. figuratively, uncountable, usually Energy, excitement, excitability. “You want something zippy there. Something with a bit of jazz to it!”
  3. uncountable, usually The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s). and all that jazz

    Similar: stuff, Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, hickey, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie, jigger, gismo, gubbins, whatsit

  4. uncountable, usually, with positive terms Something of excellent quality, the genuine article. That show was the jazz!
  5. uncountable, usually Nonsense. Stop talking jazz.

    Similar: rubbish, wass, absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls, baloney, banana oil

  6. slang, uncountable, usually Semen, jizz. Suddenly, Bobby oozed his jazz into Gene's throat.
  7. uncountable, usually A red-skinned variety of eating apple.

verb jazzes · jazzing · jazzed · jaz · jas

  1. slang To destroy; to ruin. You’ve gone and jazzed it now!

    Similar: annihilate

  2. To play (jazz music).

    Similar: cook

  3. To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
  4. To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting.

    Similar: invigorate

  5. slang To complicate. Don’t jazz it too much!

    Similar: complexify

  6. US, dated, intransitive, slang To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself. ‘Jazzing?’ Temple whispered […]. ‘Yes, putty-face!’ the woman said. ‘How do you suppose I paid that lawyer?’

    Similar: sell one's body

  7. intransitive, slang To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around. I have no patience with the modern neurotic girl who jazzes from morning to night, smokes like a chimney, and uses language which would make a Billingsgate fishwoman blush!
  8. slang, transitive To distract or pester. Stop jazzing me!

    Similar: bother

  9. slang To ejaculate. Twenty-four black men jazzed madly as trumpets exploded her eardrums in tom-tom time. Ebony orgasm flooded her with creme.

Similar: ravage, jam, vitalise, confuscate, turn tricks, bug

Jazz²

Where it comes from

A fanciful spelling variant of Jaz and Jas.

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Jasper. Jasper's teeth were set; he didn't move. "Jazz, this isn't anything you've seen before," Alice said quietly. "Trust me."
  2. A diminutive of the male given name James. His real name was James, but those who knew him seemed never to call him that. He was Jamesy, or more often Jazz.

    Similar: Jamie, Jaime, Jem, Jemmy

  3. A diminutive of the female given name Jasmine. "He calls you Jazzikins." He would. He had. Couldn't call me Jazz or Jasmine the way everyone else did.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: know, love, make love, make out, sleep with, lie with, have sex, get laid, bonk, bang, hump, bed, screw, eff, do it, wind

verb

Similar: ravage, jam, vitalise, confuscate, turn tricks, bug

Translations

Every language

noun musical art form

Españoljazz
한국어재즈 jaejeu
日本語ジャズ jazu
中文爵士樂 /爵士乐 juéshìyuè, 爵士 juéshì
हिन्दीजाज़ jāz, जैज़ jaiz
Portuguêsjazz
Françaisjazz
DeutschJazz
Italianojazz
Ελληνικάτζαζ tzaz
Românăjazz
Русскийджаз džaz
العربيةجَاز jāz
עבריתג׳אז jaz, ג׳ז jez

noun the (in)tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s)

Portuguêsporcariada, coisarada

noun of excellent quality, the genuine article

Portuguêssuprassumo

noun nonsense

Portuguêsbesteira

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"jazz." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jazz. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

jazz. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jazz

Chicago

"jazz." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jazz.

BibTeX
@misc{jazz_2026,
  title = {jazz},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jazz},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}