Noun: jazz
| Singular | jazz |
| Plural | jazzes |
Sample Sentences
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You dare to bring your jazz songs into my house! [1927, Samson Raphaelson, Alfred A. Cohn, The Jazz Singer, spoken by Jakie Rabinowitz (Al Jolson):]
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Of later composers of Jewish musical plays we mention Joseph Rumshinksy (born in Wilna in 1879), who gained popularity in New York. His music is based upon folk motives and influenced by "Jazz" rhythms and melodic curves [1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 454:]
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You all look out now, here I come, everybody step aside, I’m gonna show you where from! I'm gonna blow in this horn and make you know that jazz is the king and let it be so! [1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Not too Far Tangent”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 30:]
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You see, the kids, they listen to the rap music which gives them the brain damage. With their hippin', and the hoppin', and the bippin', and the boppin', so they don't know what the jazz…is all about! You see, jazz is like the Jello Pudding Pop—no, actually, it's more like Kodak film—no, actually, jazz is like the New Coke: it'll be around forever, heh heh. [1995 April 30, Mike Reiss, Al Jean, “'Round Springfield”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 22, spoken by Bill Cosby (Dan Castellaneta):]
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“You want something zippy there. Something with a bit of jazz to it!” [1923 May 17, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “(please specify the page)”, in The Inimitable Jeeves, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:]
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He loves the risk. The danger. He loves the jazz. [1983, Frank Lupo, Stephen J. Cannell, “Mexican Slayride”, in The A-Team, season 1, episode 1, spoken by B. A. Baracus (Mr. T):]
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and all that jazz
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What is all this jazz lying around?
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I'm just going down to the shops and jazz.
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Dad, I want to be a jock. All a jock needs is some hep patter and a real gone image. Now, they just don't teach that jazz in college. [1975, Garry Marshall et al., “Richie's Flip Side”, in Happy Days, season 2, episode 21, spoken by Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard):]
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That show was the jazz!
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This risotto is simply the jazz.
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Stop talking jazz.
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Suddenly, Bobby oozed his jazz into Gene's throat. [1968, Len Harrington, In drag, page 7:]
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[…] making Glenn feel as though he could never stop shooting his jazz wildly up inside the man's brawny body! [1974, Peter Pepper, Meatslinger, page 141:]
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As he clung to the legs of his captor, he splayed his own out to the side, baring his groin and genitals to the eyes of all just as his jazz began to spurt out onto the stage. [2018, Bert Shrader, A Gay Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum:]
Nouns inflected like jazz
penniless-bench,
wintergrass,
kitchen pass,
grey fox,
grey box,
trailer hitch,
paleness,
loaded march,
Tush Push,
horribleness,
slaughteress,
chapparvovirus,
greenwax,
royal flush,
crab cactus,
geostress,
syngas,
wintercress,
ichthys,
ichthus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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.
Verbs referencing "jazz"
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jazz, Italian Nouns
jazz, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
jazz, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
jazz, Romanian Nouns
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Jazz, Hungarian Nouns
dzsessz, Icelandic Nouns
djass, Faroese Nouns
djassur, Finnish Nouns
jatsi.