to jazz around
- phrasal verb
- /dʒæz əˈraʊnd/
- Archaic
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vagar
- She likes to jazz around on weekends, exploring new cafés and shops.
Examples
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We spent the afternoon jazzing around the city just for fun.
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Instead of going home, he decided to jazz around with some friends downtown.
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Let's jazz around the city tonight!
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He loves to jazz around during the weekends.
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On sunny afternoons, they love to jazz around the park, enjoying the weather and each other's company.
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After finishing his work, he decided to jazz around the neighborhood, looking for interesting places to explore.
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Every summer, they would jazz around the beach, trying out new activities and meeting new people.
Synonyms
407
2.0
To stay in a place without doing anything important
379
1.3
Move around without a fixed direction, often slowly and in curves
214
1.7
To go on foot in a place without a clear purpose, often for pleasure
189
2.5
Move around without a fixed place, often while looking for something
111
4.1
To spend time doing playful or unplanned activities
46
3.6
Act in a silly, playful way instead of working
11
8.4
To roam around for pleasure without a clear plan
9
3.7
Move around slowly in a place without any clear purpose, often in a group
5
6.5
To spend time doing small, not important tasks slowly without a clear plan
3
9.0
To move around places for pleasure without a plan
3
5.9
To spend time somewhere doing nothing special
3
7.9
Spend time doing very little or nothing
3
8.4
To spend time doing not important things in a relaxed way
1
9.2
To spend time doing small unimportant things instead of working
1
6.5
To move around slowly doing small jobs in no hurry
To go from place to place for fun without a plan
To travel slowly without a clear plan
Walk around slowly without a plan
To spend time doing small unimportant things with no real plan
Antonyms
How Aimless
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is partially derivable: 'around' clearly signals moving about and 'jazz' (to liven up) conveys a playful, lively quality, so a learner who knows both words could infer a general sense of moving about for fun. However, 'jazz' as a verb is figurative and the exact nuance of aimless, pleasure-seeking wandering is colloquial and not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Jazz around may come from lively jazz music: jazz suggests free, lively sound and around means moving here and there. So the phrase gives the image of someone wandering about for fun, which is why it means 'to wander aimlessly' or 'move about for pleasure'.