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jaz

noun

Etymology

Clipping + -z.

Definitions

  1. Dated spelling of jazz (“musical style”).

  2. A diminutive of the male given name Jasper.

  3. A diminutive of the female given name Jasmine or any of its variant spellings.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A diminutive of the male given name James.

    2. A diminutive of the female given name Janet or Janette.

      • I know, from picking up the post from the hall in the mornings, that Jaz has a mother in Northumbria who thinks her daughter's name is Janette. That jaunty z is but a wedge of lemon stuck into a bottle of beer.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA