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jazz dot

jazz dot noun: a soul patch.

Noun

jazz dot (plural jazz dots)

  1. A soul patch.
    • The jazz dot or soul patch, the tuft of hair beneath the lower lip, is so common among “cats” who can play as to almost be considered a part of the saxophone embouchure.2005, Michael Segell, The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN
    • [...] men with gray beards or homegrown dreadlocks or a sandy jazz dot on the chin, gathered around platters of organic turkey or homemade lasagna ...2013, Barrie Jean Borich, My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage, Graywolf Press, →ISBN

Forms of jazz dot

pluraljazz dots

Origin of jazz dot

From its popularity among jazz musicians.

Questions about jazz dot

What does jazz dot mean?
Jazz dot means a soul patch.
What part of speech is jazz dot?
Jazz dot is a noun.
What is the plural of jazz dot?
The plural of jazz dot is jazz dots.

Words near jazz dot in the dictionary

  1. jazz cabbage
  2. jazz cigarette
  3. jazz cigarettes
  4. jazz dance
  5. jazz dances
  6. jazz dot
  7. jazz dots
  8. jazz funeral
  9. jazz funerals
  10. jazz fusion
  11. jazz garter

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