jazz /d͡ʒæz/noun 7verb 9forms 3phrases 3 noun7 •music that began among Black Americans, with a swinging beat and parts that players make up as they goYou dare to bring your jazz songs into my house! — 1927 •The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).What is all this jazz lying around?I'm just going down to the shops and jazz. •(figurative) Energy, excitement, excitability.“You want something zippy there. Something with a bit of jazz to it!” — 1923 •Nonsense.Stop talking jazz. •Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.That show was the jazz!This risotto is simply the jazz. •A red-skinned variety of eating apple. •(slang) Semen, jizz.Suddenly, Bobby oozed his jazz into Gene's throat. — 1968 verb9 •To play (jazz music). •To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting. •To dance to the tunes of jazz music. •(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! — 1923 •(slang) To distract or pester.Stop jazzing me! •(slang) To destroy; to ruin.You’ve gone and jazzed it now! •(slang) To complicate.Don’t jazz it too much! •(slang, old-fashioned) 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?’ — 1931 •(slang) To ejaculate.Twenty-four black men jazzed madly as trumpets exploded her eardrums in tom-tom time. Ebony orgasm flooded her with creme. — 1982 formsjazzed · jazzing · jazzes Phrases with jazz good enough for jazzGood enough. jazz aroundTo have fun, play around; to waste time with frivolity. jazz upTo make gaudy and bright.
