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jazz up

jazz up verb: to make gaudy and bright.

Verb

jazz up (third-person singular simple present jazzes up, present participle jazzing up, simple past and past participle jazzed up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To make gaudy and bright.
    • Near-synonyms: liven up, enliven, brighten up, brighten; gaudify
    • I jazzed up my room with some new posters.
  2. (informal, transitive) To make more interesting by additions.
    • Near-synonyms: liven up, enliven; spice up; customize
    • I jazzed up a supermarket pizza with olives and fried onions.
  3. (informal, transitive) To give a rhythm or melody reminiscent of jazz.
    • They played a jazzed-up version of the original song.
    Synonyms:
    jazzify

Synonyms of jazz up

All synonyms of jazz up

Forms of jazz up

third-person singular presentjazzes up
present participlejazzing up
past participlejazzed up
pastjazzed up

Questions about jazz up

What does jazz up mean?
Jazz up means to make gaudy and bright.
What part of speech is jazz up?
Jazz up is a verb.
What is the past tense of jazz up?
The past tense of jazz up is jazzed up.

Words near jazz up in the dictionary

  1. jazz poetry
  2. jazz poets
  3. jazz rap
  4. jazz square
  5. jazz squares
  6. jazz up
  7. jazz-funk
  8. jazz-hop
  9. jazz-like
  10. jazz-mugham
  11. jazz-rock

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