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# jazz

«jazz» in Mova's school dictionary: **A kind of music that began with African American…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (jazz — uncountable); verb (jazz up — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A kind of music that began with African American musicians in New Orleans, USA, with strong rhythms, brass instruments and lots of making up music on the spot (improvisation). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jazz/#m1)

2) (verb, informal) To jazz something up is to make it brighter, livelier or more exciting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jazz/#m2)

3) (informal, US) And all that jazz means and things like that. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jazz/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons, children listen to jazz and learn about Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. In everyday life, you can jazz up your bedroom or a cake. Phrases: jazz band, jazz hands, jazz up, and all that jazz.

### examples

- My uncle plays the trumpet in a jazz band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jazz/#x1)
- Jazz began in New Orleans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jazz/#x2)
- Louis Armstrong was a famous jazz trumpeter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jazz/#x3)
- Let's jazz up this boring poster with glitter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jazz/#x4)
- We did jazz hands at the end of the song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jazz/#x5)
- The music teacher played some jazz and asked how it made us feel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jazz/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: some jazz, not a jazz. Adjective: jazzy (bright and lively). Double z.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jazz» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jazz/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.