to jazz
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9.9
- verb
- /dʒæz/
- Offensive
- David Alexander, director of the Rice Space Institute and professor of physics and astronomy, told CultureMap that students were "jazzed" to hear these two enthusiastic and passionate young scientists talk about their involvement with such a major project.
Examples
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I'm so fuckin' jazzed!
Fiction book (1996) -
I am jazzed about this campaign.
Blog text (14) -
I have jazz the fool, the fool from the one and only Manny.
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I was jazzed.
Fiction book (2001) -
It was inevitable that they'd want to sex/jazz it up to compete a la David.
Blog text (4) -
FRabbit is releasing a new album, Pedestrian Verse, in some months and I, for one, with my penchant for slightly depressing yet awesome indie rock, am jazzed for its arrival.
Blog text (14) -
They decided to jazz things up and spend a romantic evening together.
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After months of flirting, they finally jazzed and crossed the line into a relationship.
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When they both got drunk at the party, they couldn't resist jazzing each other by the pool.
Synonyms
∞
3.0
To touch each other's private parts for physical pleasure
∞
9.9
To have sex with someone
∞
7.4
To have sex with someone
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5.3
Have sex with someone you love or care about
203
9.9
To have sex with someone, usually in a short, casual way
144
9.9
To have sex with someone
112
9.9
To have sex with someone, said as a rude word
90
7.4
Have sex with another person, often when not married
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9.0
To have sex with someone
60
9.9
To have sex with someone, used as a rude word
52
9.8
To have sex with someone
45
8.1
To have sex with someone
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9.1
To have sex with someone
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7.9
Have sex with someone
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9.3
To have sex with someone
24
8.6
To have sex with another person
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5.1
To have physical contact with someone for pleasure, usually in a casual way
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9.2
To have sex briefly in a casual way
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9.9
To have sex with someone
1
9.9
To have sex with someone
1
9.9
To have sex with someone, used in informal British English
1
9.9
To have sex with someone
1
9.9
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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2.3
A small group of musicians who play jazz with instruments like saxophone or trumpet
3
3.6
A style of jazz with complex chords and rhythms where musicians make up music as they play
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5.0
A period in the 1920s in the United States with lively jazz music, parties, and social change
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3.8
Music that mixes jazz and rock using instruments like electric guitar and keyboard
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4.1
A gentle type of jazz with a steady beat, medium speed, little improvisation, and a warm clear melody
How Intimate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jazz used as a slang verb for sex was an early informal meaning, because jazz or old jasm were used for strong physical 'energy' or desire. A helpful way to remember this is to think of the word's sense of 'energy', which could mean both musical fire and physical passion.