jazz

Noun
  1. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk (synset 107151419)
    "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
    is a type of: talk, talking - an exchange of ideas via conversation
    same as: idle words, malarkey, malarky, nothingness, wind
  2. A genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles (synset 107076737)
    associated with:
    • jazz - a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
    • funky, low-down - (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
    is a type of: popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
    subtypes:
    • scat, scat singing - singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
    • bebop, bop - an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
    • boogie, boogie-woogie - an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
    • cool jazz - jazz that is restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat
    • funk - an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
    • hot jazz - jazz that is emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation
    • modern jazz, neo jazz, new jazz - any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940
    • trad - traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s
    • jive, swing, swing music - a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
  3. A style of dance music popular in the 1920s;
    Similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands (synset 107075016)
    referred to in: jazz - a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
    is a type of: dance music - music to dance to
Verb
  1. Play something in the style of jazz (synset 201729611)
    referred to in: music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)
    is a type of: play, spiel - replay (as a melody)
  2. Have sexual intercourse with (synset 201429048)
    "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
    is a type of: copulate, couple, mate, pair - engage in sexual intercourse
    subtypes:
    same as: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with
    verb group: make out, neck - kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

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