Main Entry: jazz
Pronunciation: 'jaz
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: origin unknown
1 a : American music developed especially from ragtime and blues and characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre
b : popular dance music influenced by jazz and played in a loud rhythmic manner
2 : empty talk : HUMBUG
3 : similar but unspecified things : STUFF
Main Entry:lyr·ic
Pronunciation: 'lir-ik
Function: noun1 : a lyric composition; specifically : a lyric poem
2 : the words of a song -- often used in plural
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