jazz dot

noun

A soul patch.

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Meanings

nounjazz dot (plural jazz dots)

plural jazz dots

  1. A soul patch.

    [...] men with gray beards or homegrown dreadlocks or a sandy jazz dot on the chin, gathered around platters of organic turkey or homemade lasagna ...

    2013, Barrie Jean Borich, My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage, Graywolf Press, →ISBN
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    The jazz dot or soul patch, the tuft of hair beneath the lower lip, is so common among “cats” who can play as to almost be considered a part of the saxophone embouchure.

    2005, Michael Segell, The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
soul patch

Origin

From its popularity among jazz musicians.

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APA

jazz dot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jazz%20dot

MLA

“jazz dot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jazz%20dot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jazz dot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jazz%20dot.

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