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jazzhead

jazzhead noun: a jazz music enthusiast.

Noun

jazzhead (plural jazzheads)

  1. (slang) A jazz music enthusiast.
    • He speaks to an audience definable not by its size nor even by its color but by its intellectual jazzhead zeal, and if he sometimes appears to be speaking only to himself, so be it; few people I know have the fervor for anything to match Mackey’s for jazz.2008 February 24, David Hajdu, “Jazz Man”, in New York Times

Forms of jazzhead

pluraljazzheads

Origin of jazzhead

From jazz + -head.

Questions about jazzhead

What does jazzhead mean?
Jazzhead means a jazz music enthusiast.
What part of speech is jazzhead?
Jazzhead is a noun.
What is the plural of jazzhead?
The plural of jazzhead is jazzheads.

Words near jazzhead in the dictionary

  1. jazzes around
  2. jazzes up
  3. jazzetry
  4. jazzfest
  5. jazzfests
  6. jazzhead
  7. jazzheads
  8. jazzical
  9. jazzier
  10. jazziest
  11. jazzification

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