jazzed β 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.
prodded β to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
sent β simple past tense and past participle of send1 .
spirited β pertaining to something that works by burning alcoholic spirits: a spirit stove.
juiced β intoxicated from alcohol; drunk: When arrested he was definitely juiced.
stimulated β to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
brought β Brought is the past tense and past participle of bring.
caused β a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
disposed β having a certain inclination or disposition; inclined (usually followed by to or an infinitive): a man disposed to like others.
fired β a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
goaded β a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.