n.
Pronunciation: ' jaz
Function: noun
Usage: often attrib
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1913
1 a : American music developed especially from ragtime and blues and characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre b : popular dance music influenced by jazz and played in a loud rhythmic manner
2 : empty talk : HUMBUG <spouted all the scientific jazz ― Pete Martin>
3 : similar but unspecified things : STUFF <that wind, and the waves, and all that jazz ― John Updike>
– jazz · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective