as in nuts
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
don't give me that jazz about how you didn't know that it was illegal
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as in to stimulate
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
your assignment is to jazz up the design of that Web page
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Recent Examples of jazz
Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025
The club maintains Indianapolis's rich jazz tradition with regular programming with different styles of jazz from Sunday through Thursday.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2025
Reid’s singular vocal skills and stunning blend of rock, folk, country, soul, jazz and Brazilian music have long put him in a class all his own.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
His fellow musicians were more than capable of following their leader, who also fronts the band on vocals, on their instrument of choice — guitar, keyboards and drums — in a freewheeling fusion that incorporated elements of funk, soul, jazz, progressive rock and more.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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Noun
San Jose Jazz Executive Director Brendan Rawson said there’s an emphasis this year on the future of jazz, and Friday night’s lineup leaned into the concept.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025
The club maintains Indianapolis's rich jazz tradition with regular programming with different styles of jazz from Sunday through Thursday.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2025
Reid’s singular vocal skills and stunning blend of rock, folk, country, soul, jazz and Brazilian music have long put him in a class all his own.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
His fellow musicians were more than capable of following their leader, who also fronts the band on vocals, on their instrument of choice — guitar, keyboards and drums — in a freewheeling fusion that incorporated elements of funk, soul, jazz, progressive rock and more.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jazz
Noun
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Use it to find and retrieve stray nuts or bolts in any crevice.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Without that pollination, almond trees produce only 200 pounds of nuts per acre.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Typically, a sluggish economy leads to low inflation, allowing the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to stimulate more borrowing and activity.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
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Deadheading helps prevent the formation of seeds and stimulates additional flowering.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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New York City has already begun working with neighborhood groups and activating organizations who sign up to be notified before a big rain to clean debris like falling leaves and garbage from the sewer drains in their community.—
Amy Chester,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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Check garbage collection schedules in Ohio Ohio's bigger cities won't see garbage trucks on Labor Day.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While countless users dismissed the theories as nonsense, the dog pile had begun causing the hot takes to go viral.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Aug. 2025
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Bon Jovi’s team dismissed word of the tour as nonsense.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Crawford’s call-up would come off the heels of a trade-deadline performance that left Phillie-Land feeling a little blah.—
Anthony Stitt,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Transforming from blah to ’90s bombshell bouncy just takes a few good products and tips.—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
25 July 2025
Noun
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The new law also applies to vehicles used to transport garbage, rubbish, trash or debris.—
Mary Murphy,
Twin Cities,
30 July 2025
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When the house was done being used, ancient people cut a hole through the floor and dug the pit, then filled it with domestic rubbish.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2025
Noun
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Economists ascribe an inflationary quality to borrowing which implies impressive market stupidity.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Amid all the looming consciousness that our time on earth is precious, there are also specials unerringly devoted to utter stupidity, and even the comedians fixated on mortality are delivering life-affirming material, too.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In 2024, the festival was to host the final Australian shows of Canadian punk outfit Sum 41, though were forced to cancel following singer Deryck Whibley’s diagnosis of pneumonia.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Keswick Democratic Club, originally a meeting place for local politicos, later turned into an epicenter for Louisville's emerging punk scene in the 2000s.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Jazz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jazz. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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