Jazz

A fanciful spelling variant of Jaz and Jas.

Jazz

1. A diminutive of the male given name James.
   • 2001 Ian Rankin, Resurrection Men, Orion, page 4:

     His real name was James, but those who knew him seemed never to call him that. He was Jamesy, or more often Jazz.

2. A diminutive of the female given name Jasmine.
   • 2012? Madeleine Oh, At Long Last, in The Mammoth Book of Erotica: Volume 4, Constable and Robinson Ltd (2012), →ISBN:

     "He calls you Jazzikins." He would. He had. Couldn't call me Jazz or Jasmine the way everyone else did.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛs/, /d͡ʒɛːs/, /jat͡s/

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• Rhymes: -ats

Jazz m

1. jazz (musical art form)

• Jazz in Duden online