jazz
/d͡ʒæz/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "You dare to bring your jazz songs into my house!"
- "Of later composers of Jewish musical plays we mention Joseph Rumshinksy (born in Wilna in 1879), who gained popularity in New York. His music is based upon folk motives and influenced by "Jazz" rhythms and melodic curves"
- "You all look out now, here I come, everybody step aside, I’m gonna show you where from! I'm gonna blow in this horn and make you know that jazz is the king and let it be so!"
- "You see, the kids, they listen to the rap music which gives them the brain damage. With their hippin', and the hoppin', and the bippin', and the boppin', so they don't know what the jazz…is all about! You see, jazz is like the Jello Pudding Pop—no, actually, it's more like Kodak film—no, actually, jazz is like the New Coke: it'll be around forever, heh heh."
- "“You want something zippy there. Something with a bit of jazz to it!”"
- "He loves the risk. The danger. He loves the jazz."