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How to pronounce jazz
Say it like this: /ˈdʒæz/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does jazz mean?
nounA 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, syncopat
“You dare to bring your jazz songs into my house!”
Energy, excitement, excitability.
“He loves the risk. The danger. He loves the jazz.”
The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).
“and all that jazz”
verbTo destroy; to ruin.
“You’ve gone and jazzed it now!”
To play (jazz music).
To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
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