English noun: jazz | |||
1. | jazz (communication) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | ||
Samples | That's a lot of wind. Don't give me any of that jazz. | ||
Synonyms | idle words, malarkey, malarky, nothingness, wind | ||
Broader (hypernym) | talk, talking | ||
2. | jazz (communication) a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles | ||
Broader (hypernym) | popular music, popular music genre | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bebop, boogie, boogie-woogie, bop, cool jazz, funk, hot jazz, jive, modern jazz, neo jazz, new jazz, scat, scat singing, swing, swing music, trad | ||
Domain category members | funky, jazz, low-down | ||
3. | jazz (communication) a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dance music | ||
Domain category | jazz | ||
English verb: jazz | |||
1. | jazz (creation) play something in the style of jazz | ||
Examples | They will jazz the duet | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | play, spiel | ||
Domain category | music | ||
2. | jazz (contact) have sexual intercourse with | ||
Samples | This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm. Adam knew Eve. 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, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | copulate, couple, mate, pair | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | fornicate, have, take | ||
Verb group | make out, neck | ||