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 by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
Noun 4 meanings
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).
“and all that jazz”
Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
“That show was the jazz!”
Verb 3 meanings
To play (jazz music).
To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting.
Etymology
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.
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JAZZ at a glance
JAZZ has 4 letters and scores 29 points in Scrabble (J 8 + A 1 + Z 10 + Z 10) and 31 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,163 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with jazz
All rhymes- PIZZAZZ45
- RAZZ22
- PIZAZZ35
- RAZZMATAZZ48
- BAZZ24
- RAZZAMATAZZ49
- PAZAZZ35
- PAZZAZZ45
- BAZAZZ35
- BEZAZZ35
- BEZZAZZ45
- BIZAZZ35
One letter away
- RAZZ22
- BAZZ24
- JAZY23
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