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jazzy

[ jaz-ee ]

adjective

jazzier, jazziest.
  1. pertaining to or suggestive of jazz music.
  2. Informal. active or lively.
  3. Informal. fancy or flashy:

    a jazzy sweater.



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/ ˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. of, characteristic of, or resembling jazz music
  2. gaudy or flashy

    a jazzy car

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈᲹԱ, noun
  • ˈᲹ, adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of jazzy1

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; jazz + -y 1
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Example Sentences

Arriving on stage in a sparkly tuxedo dress, she rearranged her hits Espresso and Please Please Please in a jazzy big band style, and even delivered a fleet-footed tap dance sequence.

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The opening namesake track kicks off this new era of “Raúl “ with a simmering bolero colored with jazzy trumpets and tantalizing conga drumming.

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It was in that state that he watched one of his favorite comfort films, the jazzy 1964 French musical “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” and suddenly, Oppenheimer had his wild eureka moment.

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The instrument is mostly used in nonmelodic ways, either playing that jazzy walking bass motif, insistently hitting the same high note for a percussive effect or plunking discordant chords to convey darkness from the past.

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Then I come on with him and we do “Big Man on Mulberry Street,” which is very jazzy.

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