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jazz·y

(jăz′ē)

adj. jazz·i·er, jazz·i·est

1. Resembling jazz in form or nature.

2. Slang Showy; flashy: a jazzy car.

jazz′i·ly adv.

jazz′i·ness n.

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jazzy

(ˈdʒæzɪ)

adj, jazzier or jazziest

1. (Jazz) of, characteristic of, or resembling jazz music

2. gaudy or flashy: a jazzy car.

ˈjazzily adv

ˈjazziness n

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jazz•y

(ˈdʒæz i)

adj. jazz•i•er, jazz•i•est.

1. pertaining to or suggestive of jazz music.

2. Slang. active or lively.

3. Slang. fancy or flashy: a jazzy sweater.

[1915–20, Amer.]

jazz′i•ly, adv.

jazz′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	jazzy - resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm) rhythmic, rhythmical - recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"
	2.	jazzy - (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display flashy, gaudy, sporty, showy colourful, colorful - striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"

jazzy

adjective flashy, fancy, snazzy (informal), gaudy, wild, smart, lively a check sports jacket, worn with a plain shirt and jazzy tie

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Translations

ذو ألوان صاخِبَهمن نَوْع موسيقى الجاز

džezovýkřiklavý

jazzagtigsmart

jazzig

jazz voyant

dzsessz-szerû

djass-líflegur, skrautlegur

jazz-jazzaktig

caza benzerparlak

有爵士音乐特征的颜色鲜艳的

jazzy

[ˈdʒæzɪ] ADJ (jazzier (compar) (jazziest (superl)))

1. (Mus) → sincopado

2. (= showy) [dress etc] → de colores llamativos, de colores chillones

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

jazzy

[ˈdʒæzi] adj

(= smart and modern) [product, style] → sophistiqué(e)

(= bright and cheerful) [colour] → gai(e)

[beat] → de jazz; [number, ballad] → de jazz

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jazzy

adj (+er)

colour → knallig (inf), → auffallend, schreiend (pej); pattern → wild, stark gemustert, auffallend; dress, tie → poppig (inf), → knallig (inf)

music → verjazzt

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jazzy

[ˈdʒæzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (pattern, design) → vistoso/a, chiassoso/a; (rhythm) → jazzistico/a

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jazz

(dʒaz) noun

popular music of American Negro origin. She prefers jazz to classical music; (also adjective) a jazz musician.

ˈjazzy adjective

1. bright or bold in colour or design. a jazzy shirt.

2. of or like jazz. jazzy music.

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The bare necessities and so much more

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The bare necessities and so much more; JUNGLE BOOK (PG)

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THE BEES' KNEES; Get a taste of honey with this season's hottest ingredients, live from the hive

Full bodied brass opens “Morning After” - one of the date's jazziest tracks - with a steady sizzling sock cymbal beat setting a groove with a synthesized female vocal choir - reminiscent of Earth, Wind and Fire -- counting of the time in unison.

Joe Blessett - Chillin Out in Dark Places

White birch, the jazziest trees of the northern forest (there's a line of them at the edge of my garden) look like they're swooning while the hemlocks lean gently into each other, in a millennial conversation.

Deer Park

Rogers described Montmartre as "the jazziest and sexiest spot on earth and the first place visited by every good American." Montmartre reminded Rogers and other Afro-Americans of Harlem and Chicago's south side, without segregation.

J.A. Rogers' "Jazz at Home": Afro-American jazz in Paris during the jazz age

Perhaps hitting the jazziest registers of the festival programme was the stirring performance of William Parker's Raining on the Moon sextet.