to jazz
- 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
To have sex with someone
To touch each other's private parts for physical pleasure
To have sex with someone
To have sex with another person
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
Have sex with someone you love or care about
To have sex with someone, said as a rude word
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone, usually in a short, casual way
Have sex with another person, often when not married
To have sex with someone, used as a rude word
To have sex with someone
Have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
To have physical contact with someone for pleasure, usually in a casual way
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone, used in informal British English
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
To have sex briefly in a casual way
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A style of jazz with complex chords and rhythms where musicians make up music as they play
A period in the 1920s in the United States with lively jazz music, parties, and social change
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.