Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jazzercise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: jazzer-cise
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of aerobic exercise based on jazz dance.

Uncountable

verb

To perform this kind of exercise.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"I don't know when the hearse is gonna be ready, and Mama has her Jazzercise on Mondays."
"Probably because when she got her period, her father had been so completely freaked out he'd left her in the bathroom, bleeding onto wadded-up toilet paper, for three hours, until Sydelle returned from her Jazzercise class with a box of sanitary napkins."
"Denise reports that one of the members of her Jazzercise class works for City Hospital, where the nurses also are organized."

Etymology

Blend of jazz + exercise, a trademark of the 1960s.

Usage

Inflected Forms

jazzercises (present, singular) jazzercising (participle, present) jazzercised (participle, past) jazzercised (past)

Frequently Paired Words

aquasize aquacise boxercise dancersize dancercise sexercise

Questions

What does jazzercise mean?: A form of aerobic exercise based on jazz dance.
Where does jazzercise come from?: Blend of jazz + exercise, a trademark of the 1960s.

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