jazzing

[ jaz ]

as inpretend
as instimulate

Antonyms for jazzing

Word Origin & History

by 1912, American English, first attested in baseball slang; as a type of music, attested from 1913. Probably ultimately from Creole patois jass "strenuous activity," especially "sexual intercourse" but also used of Congo dances, from jasm (1860) "energy, drive," of African origin (cf. Mandingo jasi, Temne yas), also the source of slang jism.

All that jazz "et cetera" first recorded 1939.

Example Sentences forjazzing

I've seen you jazzing about the place when you haven't seen me, Dods.

In all classes of people there was an epidemic of dancing, jazzing, card-playing, theater-going.

Possibly the catchiest of these, a really cute little thing, was achieved by jazzing up the Funeral March.

They'll probably be jazzing up those sleek babies and that takes a lot of repair and work.

It's getting to be almost as big a craze as jazzing and is quite as exciting.