jazz up

present singular third person jazzes up · participle present jazzing up · participle past jazzed up · past jazzed up

1. informaltransitiveTo make gaudy and bright.

   I jazzed up my room with some new posters.

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   Near-synonyms: liven up, enliven, brighten up, brighten; gaudify

   Johnny imagines all manner of chrome gadgetry that he could kipe and give to his father to jazz up his ’fifty-six Ford Vicky ragtop.

   1987 [1984], James Ellroy, chapter 22, in Because the Night, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 189

   Synonyms: liven up, enliven, brighten up, brighten, gaudify

2. informaltransitiveTo make more interesting by additions.

   Near-synonyms: liven up, enliven; spice up; customize

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   I jazzed up a supermarket pizza with olives and fried onions.

   Synonyms: liven up, enliven, spice up, customize

3. informaltransitiveTo give a rhythm or melody reminiscent of jazz.

   They played a jazzed-up version of the original song.

   Synonyms: jazzify