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Meaning of jazz up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To make gaudy and bright.
    informal, transitive
  2. To make more interesting by additions.
    informal, transitive
  3. To give a rhythm or melody reminiscent of jazz.
    informal, transitive

Equivalents

Deutsch aufmotzen herausputzen
Suomi piristää
Polski podrasować podrasowywać

Examples

“Near-synonyms: liven up, enliven, brighten up, brighten; gaudify”
“I jazzed up my room with some new posters.”
“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.”
“Near-synonyms: liven up, enliven; spice up; customize”
“I jazzed up a supermarket pizza with olives and fried onions.”
“They played a jazzed-up version of the original song.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

jazzed jazzed around jazzercise jazzercised jazzercises jazzercising

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