Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [jaz]
- /dʒæz/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [jaz]
- /dʒæz/
Definitions of jazzed word
- noun jazzed music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality. 1
- noun jazzed a style of dance music, popular especially in the 1920s, arranged for a large band and marked by some of the features of jazz. 1
- noun jazzed dancing or a dance performed to such music, as with violent bodily motions and gestures. 1
- noun jazzed Slang. liveliness; spirit; excitement. 1
- noun jazzed Slang. insincere, exaggerated, or pretentious talk: Don't give me any of that jazz about your great job! 1
- noun jazzed Slang. similar or related but unspecified things, activities, etc.: He goes for fishing and all that jazz. 1
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Origin of jazzed
First appearance:
before 1905 One of the 15% newest English words
1905-10, Americanism; 1915-20 for def 5; origin uncertain
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Parts of speech for Jazzed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
jazzed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
jazzed usage trend in Literature
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adjective jazzed
- attentive — If you are attentive, you are paying close attention to what is being said or done.
- lively — eventful, stirring, or exciting: The opposition gave us a lively time.
- active — Someone who is active moves around a lot or does a lot of things.
- bright — A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.
- careful — If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
verb jazzed
- fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- falsify — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- bluff — A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
- feign — to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
Antonyms for jazzed
adjective jazzed
- careless — If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
- dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- foolish — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- inattentive — not attentive; negligent.
verb jazzed
- deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- reveal — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
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