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snazz up en · VERB

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from snazzy.

Meanings

1. (US, informal, transitive) To improve appearance or appeal by increasing stylishness or functionality, or by adding other attractive features.
   • And wouldn't it snazz up the entrance to have a stained-glass window replace the clear one over the front door? 2003, Nora Roberts, Key of Light, →ISBN, page 186:
   • He worked with me from the very beginning to tighten and brighten my writing, snazz up my layouts. 1983, Donna Hagemann, edited by Judith Clabes, New Guardians of the Press: Selected Profiles of America's Women Newspaper Editors, →ISBN, page 88:
   • The Great White Way has in recent years increasingly banked on resurrections of Golden Oldie musicals and dramas from earlier decades, snazzed up with cinematic stars as box-office bait. 2003 June 1, Misha Berson, “On Broadway, old wine in snazzy new bottles”, in Seattle Times, retrieved 08 Jan 2009:

Forms

Relateds

snazzy · snazzily · snazziness · snazztastic

Synonyms

enhance · jazz up