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jazz

4 entries found.



Main Entry:
1jazz Listen to the pronunciation of 1jazz
Pronunciation:
\ˈjaz\
Function:
noun
Usage:
often attributive
Etymology:
origin unknown
Date:
1913
1 a: American music developed especially from ragtime and blues and characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre b: popular dance music influenced by jazz and played in a loud rhythmic manner2: empty talk : humbug <spouted all the scientific jazz — Pete Martin>3: similar but unspecified things : stuff <that wind, and the waves, and all that jazz — John Updike>
jazz·like Listen to the pronunciation of jazzlike \-ˌlīk\ adjective
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