Meaning of pizzazz | Babel Free

Definitions

Flair, vitality, or zest; energy; vigor.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The show⟳ had a lot of pizzazz, with glittering costumes and upbeat music.”

“Pizazz, to quote the editor of the Harvard Lampoon, is an indefinable dynamic quality, the je ne sais quoi of function; as, for instance, adding Scotch puts the pizazz into a drink⟳. Certain clothes have⟳ it, too. 1. There's pizazz in this rust evening coat, swinging wide in back, jutting crazily over the shoulders, clasped with a cord at the throat.”

“[Rahiem] Classified as a lover with a certain pizzazz / And you might even call⟳ it razzamatazz”

“Who says a beer can't be exciting, folks. Let⟳ me tell⟳ you something, folks, this here little can has got more oomph! More pazazz! More body than Mae West any day!”

“With his miner's helmet in one hand, a white towel in the other, [Mario] Sepúlveda began to dance⟳. He spun with the gusto and pzazz of a huaso, a Chilean cowboy.”

“Driven by legalized gambling, many of the [Las Vegas] strip's motels had morphed into giant hotels with gambling floors and night clubs and surrounded by large parking lots. Closeness to Hollywood (with its fantasy world of entertainment bizazz) influenced strip⟳ architecture.”

“Nah brov … nah brov … you see⟳ ultimately … without reason⟳ … without technique … without – pazzazz … one is sure to get⟳, left behind …”

“I don't think⟳ bezazz was the particular specialty of my mother … That's right cement and gravel, Chicago. Nice girl I'm told … but more in the line of barns than bezazz. Of course I never really knew her.”

“As they prepare⟳ for Sunday's telling match⟳ with Newcastle, Southampton are 12th in the table and their new manager, Mauricio Pellegrino, has introduced such pizzazz that they have⟳ mustered five goals in seven league matches.”

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