jazz

CEFRA2

/d͡ʒæz/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Energy, excitement, excitability.

Examples

  • Apart from sports, I like listening to jazz music.

  • As is often the case with educated people, he likes classical music better than jazz.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).

  2. 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.

  3. Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.

More examples

In context

  • Modern jazz is not to my taste.

  • I'm just going down to the shops and jazz.

  • What is all this jazz lying around?

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.