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jazz

noun verb

a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
J
Ends with
Z
Contains
AZ
Scrabble score
29
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

d͡ʒæz

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands

noun

  1. a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles

noun

  1. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

    “that's a lot of wind”

verb

  1. have sexual intercourse with

    “Adam knew Eve”

verb

  1. play something in the style of jazz

In context

Example Sentences

that's a lot of wind
don't give me any of that jazz
Adam knew Eve
Were you ever intimate with this man?

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