jazz: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 29 letter points · starts with J · ends with Z
Meaning of jazz
noun
- uncountable, usually
A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
- figuratively, uncountable, usually
Energy, excitement, excitability.
- uncountable, usually
The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).
Example: and all that jazz
- uncountable, usually
Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
Example: That show was the jazz!
Listed forms: jazzes, jaz, jas, jass, jasz.
Source: Wiktionary — jazz.
verb
- slang
To destroy; to ruin.
Example: You’ve gone and jazzed it now!
To play (jazz music).
To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting.
Listed forms: jazzes, jazzing, jazzed, jaz, jas, jass, jasz.
Source: Wiktionary — jazz.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for jazz.
noun
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- wind
- malarkey
- malarky
- idle words
- nothingness
verb
have sexual intercourse with
- sleep together
- roll in the hay
- love
- make out
- make love
- sleep with
- get laid
- have sex
- know
- do it
- be intimate
- have intercourse
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of jazz
J(8) + A(1) + Z(10) + Z(10) = 29 points.
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Anagrams of jazz
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from jazz
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