Main Entry: 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 manner
2 : 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 \-ˌlīk\ adjective