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English

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Etymology

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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.[1]

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jazz (usually uncountable, plural jazzes)

A jazz band, The King & Carter Jazzing Orchestra, in 1921.
  1. (music) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
    • 1927, Samson Raphaelson, Alfred A. Cohn, The Jazz Singer, spoken by Jakie Rabinowitz (Al Jolson):
      You dare to bring your jazz songs into my house!
    • 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 454:
      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
    • 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:
      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!
    • 1995 April 30, Mike Reiss, Al Jean, “'Round Springfield”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 22, spoken by Bill Cosby (Dan Castellaneta):
      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.
  2. (figurative) Energy, excitement, excitability.
  4. The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).
    Synonyms: stuff; see also Thesaurus:junk, Thesaurus:thingy
    and all that jazz
    What is all this jazz lying around?
    I'm just going down to the shops and jazz.
    • 1975, Garry Marshall et al., “Richie's Flip Side”, in Happy Days, season 2, episode 21, spoken by Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard):
      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.
  5. (with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
    That show was the jazz!
    This risotto is simply the jazz.
  6. Nonsense.
    Synonyms: rubbish, wass; see also Thesaurus:nonsense
    Stop talking jazz.
  7. (slang) Semen, jizz.
    • 1968, Len Harrington, In drag, page 7:
      Suddenly, Bobby oozed his jazz into Gene's throat.
    • 1974, Peter Pepper, Meatslinger, page 141:
      […] making Glenn feel as though he could never stop shooting his jazz wildly up inside the man's brawny body!
    • 2018, Bert Shrader, A Gay Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum:
      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.
  8. A red-skinned variety of eating apple.

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of excellent quality, the genuine article
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Verb

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jazz (third-person singular simple present jazzes, present participle jazzing, simple past and past participle jazzed)

  1. (slang) To destroy; to ruin.
    You’ve gone and jazzed it now!
  2. To play (jazz music).
  3. To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
  4. To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  5. (slang) To complicate. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    Don’t jazz it too much!
  6. (intransitive, US slang, dated) To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.
    • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 59:
      ‘Jazzing?’ Temple whispered […] . ‘Yes, putty-face!’ the woman said. ‘How do you suppose I paid that lawyer?’
  7. (intransitive, slang) To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around. [from 20th c.]
    • 1923, Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links:
      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!
    • 1928, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club‎[1]:
      "In the old days, heaps of unmarried women were companions, and let me tell you, my dear girl, they had a much better time than they have now, with all this jazzing and short skirts and pretending to have careers. The modern girl hasn't a scrap of decent feeling or sentiment about her. Money--money and notoriety, that's all she's after. That's what we fought the war for--and that's what we've come back to!" "George, do keep to the point. Miss Dorland doesn't jazz--"
    • 1958, Doris Lessing, A Ripple From the Storm, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 119:
      ‘Well, if you're going to jazz about the way you do, I suppose you'll need rouge at your age.’
  8. (slang, transitive) To distract or pester.
    Stop jazzing me!
  9. (slang) To ejaculate.
    • 1982, Arthur Winfield Knight, Kit Knight, Beat angels, page 7:
      Twenty-four black men jazzed madly as trumpets exploded her eardrums in tom-tom time. Ebony orgasm flooded her with creme.
    • 1986, Winston Leyland, Hard, page 84:
      The thrill of the rimming soon made this guy beg for me to stop before he jazzed his nuts.
    • 1988, First Hand - Volume 8, Issue 2, page 47:
      I reached around and began jacking off Marshall's prick as I was jazzing his ass.

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  1. ^ The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2014, →ISBN says that most authorities derive it from jasm, a variant of jism. Partridge also says it was first recorded in reference to music in a 1917 Chicago Tribune advertisement for "Bert Kelly's Jaz [sic] Band", having previously been used in baseball.

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English jazz.

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Noun

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jazz m (invariable)

  1. jazz

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Czech

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from English jazz.

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    jazz m inan

    1. jazz

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    Declension of jazz (hard masculine inanimate)
    singular plural
    nominative jazz jazzy
    genitive jazzu jazzů
    dative jazzu jazzům
    accusative jazz jazzy
    vocative jazze jazzy
    locative jazzu jazzech
    instrumental jazzem jazzy

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    Danish

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    Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English jazz.

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    jazz c (definite singular jazzen)

    1. (uncountable) jazz (form of music)

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    Dutch

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    Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from English jazz.

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    • IPA(key): /dʒɛz/, /dʒɛs/
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    • Hyphenation: jazz
    • Rhymes: -ɛs

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    jazz m (uncountable, no diminutive)

    1. jazz

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    Finnish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English jazz.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈjɑts/, [ˈjɑ̝ts̠]
    • IPA(key): /ˈdʒæz/, [ˈdʒæz]
    • Rhymes: -ɑts
    • Syllabification(key): jazz
    • Hyphenation(key): jazz

    Noun

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    jazz

    1. jazz (style of music)

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    Inflection of jazz (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
    nominative jazz jazzit
    genitive jazzin jazzien
    partitive jazzia jazzeja
    illative jazziin jazzeihin
    singular plural
    nominative jazz jazzit
    accusative nom. jazz jazzit
    gen. jazzin
    genitive jazzin jazzien
    partitive jazzia jazzeja
    inessive jazzissa jazzeissa
    elative jazzista jazzeista
    illative jazziin jazzeihin
    adessive jazzilla jazzeilla
    ablative jazzilta jazzeilta
    allative jazzille jazzeille
    essive jazzina jazzeina
    translative jazziksi jazzeiksi
    abessive jazzitta jazzeitta
    instructive — jazzein
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of jazz (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative jazzini jazzini
    accusative nom. jazzini jazzini
    gen. jazzini
    genitive jazzini jazzieni
    partitive jazziani jazzejani
    inessive jazzissani jazzeissani
    elative jazzistani jazzeistani
    illative jazziini jazzeihini
    adessive jazzillani jazzeillani
    ablative jazziltani jazzeiltani
    allative jazzilleni jazzeilleni
    essive jazzinani jazzeinani
    translative jazzikseni jazzeikseni
    abessive jazzittani jazzeittani
    instructive — —
    comitative — jazzeineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative jazzisi jazzisi
    accusative nom. jazzisi jazzisi
    gen. jazzisi
    genitive jazzisi jazziesi
    partitive jazziasi jazzejasi
    inessive jazzissasi jazzeissasi
    elative jazzistasi jazzeistasi
    illative jazziisi jazzeihisi
    adessive jazzillasi jazzeillasi
    ablative jazziltasi jazzeiltasi
    allative jazzillesi jazzeillesi
    essive jazzinasi jazzeinasi
    translative jazziksesi jazzeiksesi
    abessive jazzittasi jazzeittasi
    instructive — —
    comitative — jazzeinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative jazzimme jazzimme
    accusative nom. jazzimme jazzimme
    gen. jazzimme
    genitive jazzimme jazziemme
    partitive jazziamme jazzejamme
    inessive jazzissamme jazzeissamme
    elative jazzistamme jazzeistamme
    illative jazziimme jazzeihimme
    adessive jazzillamme jazzeillamme
    ablative jazziltamme jazzeiltamme
    allative jazzillemme jazzeillemme
    essive jazzinamme jazzeinamme
    translative jazziksemme jazzeiksemme
    abessive jazzittamme jazzeittamme
    instructive — —
    comitative — jazzeinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative jazzinne jazzinne
    accusative nom. jazzinne jazzinne
    gen. jazzinne
    genitive jazzinne jazzienne
    partitive jazzianne jazzejanne
    inessive jazzissanne jazzeissanne
    elative jazzistanne jazzeistanne
    illative jazziinne jazzeihinne
    adessive jazzillanne jazzeillanne
    ablative jazziltanne jazzeiltanne
    allative jazzillenne jazzeillenne
    essive jazzinanne jazzeinanne
    translative jazziksenne jazzeiksenne
    abessive jazzittanne jazzeittanne
    instructive — —
    comitative — jazzeinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative jazzinsa jazzinsa
    accusative nom. jazzinsa jazzinsa
    gen. jazzinsa
    genitive jazzinsa jazziensa
    partitive jazziaan
    jazziansa     		jazzejaan
    jazzejansa
    inessive jazzissaan
    jazzissansa     		jazzeissaan
    jazzeissansa
    elative jazzistaan
    jazzistansa     		jazzeistaan
    jazzeistansa
    illative jazziinsa jazzeihinsa
    adessive jazzillaan
    jazzillansa     		jazzeillaan
    jazzeillansa
    ablative jazziltaan
    jazziltansa     		jazzeiltaan
    jazzeiltansa
    allative jazzilleen
    jazzillensa     		jazzeilleen
    jazzeillensa
    essive jazzinaan
    jazzinansa     		jazzeinaan
    jazzeinansa
    translative jazzikseen
    jazziksensa     		jazzeikseen
    jazzeiksensa
    abessive jazzittaan
    jazzittansa     		jazzeittaan
    jazzeittansa
    instructive — —
    comitative — jazzeineen
    jazzeinensa

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    French

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    Borrowed from English jazz. The compound jazband is attested in a 1918 copy of Le Matin.

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    jazz m (uncountable)

    1. (music) jazz (music style)

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    Italian

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    Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from English jazz.

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      jazz m (uncountable)

      1. (music) jazz

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      jazz (invariable)

      1. (relational) jazz
        Synonym: jazzistico

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      1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 jazz in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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      • “jazz”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Borrowed from English jazz.

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      jazz m (definite singular jazzen)

      1. (uncountable) jazz (form of music)

      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Borrowed from English jazz.

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      jazz m (definite singular jazzen)

      1. (uncountable) jazz (form of music)

      Polish

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        Unadapted borrowing from English jazz.

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        • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʐɛs/
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        • Rhymes: -ɛs
        • Syllabification: jazz

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        jazz m inan (related adjective jazzowy)

        1. jazz
        2. (slang) marijuana
          Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marihuana
          • 2011, Firma, [], “JaraMy” (track 20), in Nasza broń to nasza pasja, performed by Firma:
            Śmiech, relaks i spokój w każdym machu / rozpoznam kozaka po wyglądzie i zapachu / śpię po tym jak dziecko i śmieje się do łez / mniej szkodliwe to niż wóda, zalegalizujcie jazz!
            Laughter, relaxation, and peace with every toke / I can tell a badass by the way he looks / it makes me sleep like a baby and I laugh til I cry / it's less harmful than vodka, legalize hash!

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        Declension of jazz
        singular
        nominative jazz
        genitive jazzu
        dative jazzowi
        accusative jazz
        instrumental jazzem
        locative jazzie
        vocative jazzie

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        • “jazz”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
        • “jazz”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish)

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          Unadapted borrowing from English jazz.

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          jazz m (uncountable)

          1. (music) jazz (musical genre that emerged in the early 20th century in the United States of America, resulting from the fusion of elements from different musical traditions)
            • 2010, Ricardo da Mata, O Mundo Lá Fora, Clube de Autores, page 199:
              Que é isso? Uma rádio tocando jazz de manhã e prometendo tocar música erudita na sequência? Só pode ser piada ou estou sonhando ainda!
              What is this? A radio playing jazz in the morning and promising to play classical next? It can only be a joke, or I am still dreaming!

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          Romanian

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from English jazz or French jazz.

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          jazz n (uncountable)

          1. (music) jazz (music style)

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          singular only indefinite definite
          nominative-accusative jazz jazzul
          genitive-dative jazz jazzului
          vocative jazzule

          Spanish

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          Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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          Etymology

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            Unadapted borrowing from English jazz.

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            jazz m (uncountable)

            1. jazz

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            According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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            Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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            jazz c

            1. (music) jazz

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            Declension of jazz
            nominative genitive
            singular indefinite jazz jazz
            definite jazzen jazzens
            plural indefinite — —
            definite — —

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