jazz up en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(informal, transitive) To make gaudy and bright.
Johnny imagines all manner of chrome gadgetry that he could kipe and give to his father to jazz up his ’fifty-six Ford Vicky ragtop.
1987 [1984], James Ellroy, chapter 22, in Because the Night, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 189:I jazzed up my room with some new posters.
Near-synonyms: liven up, enliven, brighten up, brighten; gaudify
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(informal, transitive) To make more interesting by additions.
I jazzed up a supermarket pizza with olives and fried onions.
Near-synonyms: liven up, enliven; spice up; customize
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(informal, transitive) To give a rhythm or melody reminiscent of jazz.
They played a jazzed-up version of the original song.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jazzes up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| jazzing up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| jazzed up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| jazzed up | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
liven up · customize · liven up · spice up · brighten · enliven · enliven · jazzify · brighten up · gaudify
Translations (6)
fi piristää (to make gaudy and bright) · pl podrasowywać (to make gaudy and bright) · de aufmotzen (to make gaudy and bright) · de herausputzen (to make gaudy and bright) · pl podrasować (to make gaudy and bright) · tr ortamı canlandırmak (to make gaudy and bright)