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JAZZ

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("jazz" is a kind of...):

dance music (music to dance to)

Domain category:

jazz (a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles)

Derivation:

jazz (play something in the style of jazz)

jazzy (resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm))

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("jazz" is a kind of...):

popular music; popular music genre (any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time))

Domain member category:

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

funky; low-down ((of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jazz"):

scat; scat singing (singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument)

bebop; bop (an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940))

boogie; boogie-woogie (an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano))

cool jazz (jazz that is restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat)

funk (an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar)

hot jazz (jazz that is emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation)

modern jazz; neo jazz; new jazz (any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940)

trad (traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s)

jive; swing; swing music (a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz)

Derivation:

jazz (play something in the style of jazz)

jazzy (resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

Example:

don't give me any of that jazz

Synonyms:

idle words; jazz; malarkey; malarky; nothingness; wind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("jazz" is a kind of...):

talk; talking (an exchange of ideas via conversation)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have sexual intercourse with

Example:

Were you ever intimate with this man?

Synonyms:

bang; be intimate; bed; bonk; do it; eff; fuck; get it on; get laid; have a go at it; have intercourse; have it away; have it off; have sex; hump; jazz; know; lie with; love; make love; make out; roll in the hay; screw; sleep together; sleep with

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "jazz" is one way to...):

copulate; couple; mate; pair (engage in sexual intercourse)

Verb group:

make out; neck (kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jazz"):

have; take (have sex with; archaic use)

fornicate (have sex without being married)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Play something in the style of jazz

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "jazz" is one way to...):

play; spiel (replay (as a melody))

Domain category:

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They will jazz the duet

Derivation:

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

jazz (a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles)

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