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The correct spelling is jazz.
How to pronounce jazz
/d͡ʒæz/
nounIPA: /d͡ʒæz/
Say it like: Jaz-z
The correct spelling is jazz. 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… For example: "What is all this jazz lying around?"
Usage Examples
“What is all this jazz lying around?”
“I'm just going down to the shops and jazz.”
“That show was the jazz!”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.Energy, excitement, excitability.
- 3.The substance or makeup of a thing.
- 4.Unspecified thing(s).
- 5.(with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
verb
- 1.To destroy.
- 2.To play (jazz music).
- 3.To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
- 4.To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite
- 5.To complicate.
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