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JAZZY (jazzier, jazziest)
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, jazziest Dictionary entry overview: What does jazzy mean?
• JAZZY (adjective)
The adjective JAZZY has 2 senses:
1. resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm)
2. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
Familiarity information: JAZZY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm)
Similar:
rhythmic; rhythmical (recurring with measured regularity)
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
Synonyms:
flashy; gaudy; jazzy; showy; sporty
Similar:
Context examples
I was experimenting with the algorithm and I had major scales and simple minor scales, but when I first played the available segment of just one of the instruments, it sounded like that could be a very nice blues or jazzy sound to it, he said.
(Does Our Galaxy Sound Like Funky Blues Music?, George Putic/VOA)
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