English dictionary
jazz
nounPronunciation
d͡ʒæz
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
noun
- a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
noun
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
verb
- have sexual intercourse with
verb
- play something in the style of jazz
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?