■ noun
1》 a lively dance popular in the 1940s and 1950s, performed to swing music or rock and roll.
2》 a style of dance music popular in South Africa.
3》 (also ~ talk ) a form of slang associated with black American jazz musicians.
4》 N. Amer. informal deceptive or meaningless talk.
■ verb
1》 dance the ~.
2》 N. Amer. informal deceive or mislead.
↘talk nonsense.
■ adjective N. Amer. informal deceitful or worthless.
Derivatives
~r noun
~y adjective
Origin
1920s (orig. US, in sense 4): of unknown origin; the later musical sense 'jazz' gave rise to 'dance performed to jazz'.