jazz

/d͡ʒæz/ · noun

Meaning

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.
Energy, excitement, excitability.
The substance or makeup of a thing.
Unspecified thing(s).
(with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
Nonsense.
To destroy.
To play (jazz music).
To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite
To complicate.
To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.

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