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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]

Pronunciation

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A jazz band, The King & Carter Jazzing Orchestra, in 1921.

Noun

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jazz (usually uncountable, plural jazzes)

  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!
    • 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, Mike Reiss, Al Jean, “'Round Springfield”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 22, spoken by Bill Cosby:
      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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Translations

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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.]
    • 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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References

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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.

Pronunciation

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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.

Noun

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jazz m inan

  1. jazz

Declension

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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

Further reading

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  • “jazz”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “jazz”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from English jazz.

Noun

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jazz m (definite singular jazzen)

  1. (uncountable) jazz (form of music)

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English jazz.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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jazz m (uncountable)

  1. jazz

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English jazz.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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jazz

  1. jazz (style of music)

Declension

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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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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jazz m (uncountable)

  1. (music) jazz

Adjective

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jazz (invariable)

  1. (relational) jazz
    Synonym: jazzistico

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References

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  1. ^ jazz in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • jazz in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English jazz.

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Noun

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jazz m (definite singular jazzen)

  1. (uncountable) jazz (form of music)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from English jazz.

Noun

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jazz m (definite singular jazzen)

  1. (uncountable) jazz (form of music)

Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English jazz.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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jazz m inan (related adjective jazzowy)

  1. jazz
  2. (slang) marijuana
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marihuana
    • 2011, Firma, (lyrics and music), “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!

Declension

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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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nouns

Further reading

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  • jazz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • jazz in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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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.

Noun

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jazz n (uncountable)

  1. (music) jazz (music style)

Declension

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝas/ [ˈɟ͡ʝas]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃas/ [ˈʃas]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒas/ [ˈʒas]

Noun

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jazz m (uncountable)

  1. jazz

Usage notes

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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

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jazz c

  1. (music) jazz

Declension

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

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