"jazz up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: jazzes up [present, singular, third-person], jazzing up [participle, present], jazzed up [participle, past], jazzed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} jazz up (third-person singular simple present jazzes up, present participle jazzing up, simple past and past participle jazzed up), {{tlb|en|informal|transitive}} (informal, transitive)
  1. To make gaudy and bright. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (to make gaudy and bright): piristää (Finnish), aufmotzen (German), herausputzen (German), ortamı canlandırmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-jazz_up-en-verb-jaVgyaZL Disambiguation of 'to make gaudy and bright': 95 5 0
  2. To make more interesting by additions. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-jazz_up-en-verb-8efXPVZh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 80 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 17 69 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 62 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 68 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 82 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 71 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 69 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 15 72 13
  3. To give a rhythm or melody reminiscent of jazz. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-jazz_up-en-verb-4ajkit-L

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1987 [1984], James Ellroy, chapter 22, in Because the Night, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 189:",
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      "sense": "to make gaudy and bright",
      "word": "piristää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make gaudy and bright",
      "word": "aufmotzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make gaudy and bright",
      "word": "herausputzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make gaudy and bright",
      "word": "ortamı canlandırmak"
    }
  ],
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