Jazzy

//ˈd͡ʒæzi// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    In the style of jazz.
  2. 2
    Flashy or showy.
  3. 3
    Lacking focus; jittery or jangly.

    "Your mother-of-pearl teeth, hard thighs, heaving ribcage — The smooth back of your adolescent neck, Your hot testicles swimming with future generations, And that rhinoceros horn there that makes you shiver all jazzy — You are where I get my fantasies, nigra."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display wordnet
  2. 2
    resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
flashybravebravurabrawchichiconcert

Example

More examples

"If you add sevenths to these chords, the piece suddenly sounds very jazzy."

Etymology

From jazz + -y.

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