Reverse Dictionary: J – JD

J – nouns
– JOD the letter “J” …1790 Eng. dial.
 
JAB – verbs
– GLOM to jab, to poke …1941 Amer. dial.
– GOUGE to jab, to poke …1834 Amer. dial.
 
JACKAL – nouns
– JACCO † a jackal …1648-9
– JACK a jackal …1892
 
JACK FROST – nouns
– NIP-NEBS Jack Frost …1923 Sc. 
 
JACK-IN-A-BOX – nouns
– DINGLE-DOUSIE a jack-in-a-box …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 
JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES – person
– CALEB QUOTEM, CALEB QUOTUM a jack of all trades …M19 sl.
– DAVIE DO A’ THINGS a Jack of all trades …Bk1905 Sc.
– GIMCRACK † a person who has a turn for mechanical contrivances; a jack-of-all-trades …1785 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GIN OF ALL TRADES a woman who can turn her hand to all kinds of work; a female jack-of-all-trades …1705
– HANDY JACK a Jack of all trades; a handyman …Bk1909 sl.
– JACK-ABOUT a person not engaged in any particular business, but willing to do anything – a jack of all trades …Bk1883 Eng. dial.
– JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES a person who can do many different things but specializes in none; one who has a smattering knowledge of all crafts; an odd job man; a handyman …1618
– JACK OF ALL TRADES AND MASTER OF NONE a person who can do many different things but specializes in none; one who has a smattering knowledge of all crafts; an odd job man; a handyman …Bk1958
– JACK OF ALL WORKS a jack-of-all-trades – an odd job man – a handyman…1820 
– JIM-AROUND a jack-of-all-trades, a handyman …1942 US sl.
– JIM-HAND a jack-of-all-trades, a handyman …1942 US sl.
– TINKER a jack-of-all-trades …1905 US
– TOM OF ALL TRADES a Jack of all trades …1631
 
JACK O’ LANTERN – nouns
– POKE OF MOONSHINE a jack o’ lantern …1931-33 Amer. dial.
 
JACKPOT – nouns
– JACK a jackpot …1900s US sl.
 
JACOBITE – person
– JACK a Jacobite …1723 sl.
 
JADED – adjectives
– YAMP empty-looking, jaded …1911 Sc.
jaded – verbs 
– HAINGLE to have a jaded appearance from extreme fatigue …1825 Sc.
– HANNIEL to have a jaded appearance from extreme fatigue …1825 Sc.
 
JAGGED – adjectives
– HAGGERED jaggedly cut, full of notches, mangled …1825 Sc.
– JAGGEDY having a jagged edge …1899 Amer. dial.
– RAGGELT ragged, uneven, jagged …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
jagged – nouns 
– RAG * a sharp or jagged projection …1664
 
JAGUAR – nouns
– AMERICAN TIGER † the jaguar …1774
– MEXICAN TIGER † the jaguar …1842
 
JAIL – see PRISON
 
JAM – nouns
– AIR FOAM froth which forms on the surface of boiling jam …1966 Amer. dial.
– AMSTERDAM jam …Brit. rhyming sl.
– BABY’S PRAM jam …20C rhyming sl.
– BEAR SIGN berry jam …1942 Amer. loggers’ usage
– FLY-BOG jam …c1930 Aust. sl.
– GIAM jam; a fruit conserve …1747
– JAMBREADS slices of bread and jam …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– JAMMY-MARSE bread spread with jam …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– PAINT jam …1910s Aust. sl.
 
JAMAICA – adjectives
– JAM DOWN Jamaican …1994 Jamaica sl.
Jamaica – nouns
– ACID a special unit of the Jamaican police force, especially feared because of their severe tactics …1990s W. Indies & UK Black teen usage
– BUNGO-TALK illiterate speech; the lowest level of uncultivated Jamaican speech …1940s W. Indies
– JA Jamaica …20C W. Indies Rasta
– YARD Jamaica …1994 UK sl.
– YARD, THE Jamaica …1980s sl.
Jamaica – person 
– J.A. a Jamaican …1970s W. Indies sl.
– MADAGASS a light-complexioned Black person of Jamaica, esp. one whose hair is less woolly than common …1873
– WRAP-HEAD a member of the Pocomania Afro-Christian religion …1987 Jamaica
– YARDIE, YARDY a Jamaican …1984 sl., orig. W. Indies
– YARDMAN a Jamaican; a Jamaican gangster …1994 W. Ind. & UK Black teen sl.
 
JANITOR – person
– JANNY a janitor …Sc. colloq.
– MOP JOCKEY a janitor or custodian …1958 US sl.
 
JANUARY – nouns
– JINNYWERRY January …1922 Amer. dial.
 
JAPAN, JAPANESE – adjectives
– J.A. Japanese-American …1990s US sl.
– JAPONIAN † relating to Japan; Japanese …1613
– JAPONIC pert. to Japan; Japanese …1673
– SLANT-EYE (derogatory) said of Asians, esp. Japanese …M19 sl.
– SLANT-EYED (derogatory) said of Asians, esp. Japanese …M19 sl.
Japan, Japanese – adverbs
– JAPONICALLY in Japanese style …1889
Japan, Japanese – nouns
– JAPANOLATRY excessive devotion to or worship of Japanese art and customs …1890
– JAPLAND Japan …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– J-TOWN a neighbourhood populated by a large number of Japanese-Americans …1973 US sl.
– LAND OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS Japan …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LAND OF THE SETTING SUN Japan …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OKI Okinawa, Japan …1945 US sl.
– OKIE Okinawa, Japan …1945 US military usage
– POACHED EGG the Japanese national flag …World War II sl.
– SUN-FLAG the Japanese flag, bearing an image of the sun …1905
Japan, Japanese – person
– BEETLE (usually offensive) a Japanese; used contemptuously …1957 US military sl.
– BOBORA HEAD a Japanese citizen as distinguished from a Japanese American …1972 Amer. dial.
– BUDDHAHEAD a Japanese …1965 Amer. dial.
– CARPET NAP a Japanese person …1980s Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘Jap’
– CHINK (contemptuous) any East Asian person, esp. a Japanese or Vietnamese person …1942 Amer. sl.
– GEISHA a Japanese girl whose profession is to entertain men by dancing and singing; loosely, a Japanese prostitute …1891
– GENRO the ‘elder statesmen; of Japan, a body of retired statesmen at times informally consulted by the emperor; also, a member of this body …1876 hist.
– GINEE, GINNEE, GINNEY (derogatory) a native islander of New Guinea; a native of any South Pacific island; a Japanese …World War II Amer. sl., orig. Army usage
– HATAMOTO in feudal Japan: a military retainer or samurai in the service of a shogun …1727 hist.
– HIBAKUSHA a survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings in 1945 (Japanese) …Bk1982
– HININ a member of an outcast group in Japan …1884
– J.A. a Japanese-American …1990s US sl.
– JAP (mainly derogatory or offensive) a Japanese person …c1880 sl.
– JAPAN † a native of Japan; a Japanese …1613
– JAPANNER † a native of Japan; a Japanese …1614
– JAPONIAN † a native of Japan …1600
– JAPONITE † a Japanese …1613
– JEEP a Japanese …20C Aust. sl.
– KATONK a Japanese-American from the USA rather than from Hawaii …1940s Hawaii
– KOTONK a Japanese-American from the USA rather than from Hawaii …1940s Hawaii
– MICROCHIP a Japanese person …1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘nip’
– MONKEY a Japanese person …1910 Aust. & UK sl.
– MONKEY MAN (usually offensive) a Japanese soldier or sailor; used contemptuously …1945 US military sl.
– MONKEY MEAT a dead Japanese …World War II Amer. sl. 
– MOOSE a young Japanese or Korean woman, esp. the wife or mistress of a serviceman stationed in Japan or Korea …1953 US services’ sl.
– MOOSMEE a Japanese girl or young woman, esp. an unmarried woman; a Japanese waitress, maid, or mistress …1861
– MOTO a Japanese man; broadly, an Asian man of any nationality; used derisively …1938 US sl.
– MOUSMÉ a Japanese girl or young woman, esp. an unmarried woman; a Japanese waitress, maid, or mistress …1861
– NIP (mainly derogatory or offensive) a Japanese person …1942 sl.
– OKIE a native or resident of Okinawa, Japan …1945 US military usage
– SAMURAI a Japanese man who is abundantly masculine, virile, brave, and demeaning towards women …1982 Hawaiian youth usage
– SILICON CHIP a Japanese …Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘Nip’
– SINGLE EYE a Japanese person …1982 Hawaiian youth usage
– SKIBBY (derogatory) a Japanese, a Chinese, or any Oriental …1920s US sl.
– SKIPPY (derogatory) a Japanese person …1920s US sl.
– YAKUZA a member of Yamaguchi, an organized criminal group in Japan; a Japanese gangster or racketeer; usually in plural sense …1964 
– YAP a Japanese …20C
– YEAR-MAN in Japan: a man selected to perform an annual ceremony at New Year …1905
– YELLOW (usually offensive) a member of an ethnic group characterized by naturally yellowish or pale olive skin or complexion; esp. a person of South-East or East Asian (especially Chinese or Japanese) ethnic origin …1775
– YELLOW-BELLY (often derogatory, and offensive) a person of South-East or East Asian (esp. Chinese or Japanese) ethnic origin; a person of mixed White and Asian descent …1867
– YELLOW MAN (now offensive) a person with yellow or yellowish skin or complexion; a person of South-East or East Asian (esp. Chinese or Japanese) ethnic origin …1788 hist.
– YELLOW-SKIN (often derogatory, now offensive) a person with naturally yellowish or pale olive skin or complexion; in later use, esp. a person of South-East or East Asian (esp. Chinese or Japanese) ethnic origin …1847
– YELLOW TAIL a Japanese person …1926 US sl.
– ZAIBATSU in Japan: a member of a large capitalist organization, usually based on a single family having controlling interests in a variety of companies, of a type that existed before the war of 1939-45 …1937
Japan,  Japanese – verbs
– JAPONICIZE to make Japanese …1890
– JAPONIZE to make Japanese …1899
 
JAPE – verbs
– JANGLE † to jape …c1470 Sc.
– POKE FUN to tease; to jape; to mock …1840 Amer. sl.
 
JAR – nouns
– GLASS CAN a glass jar for preserving food …1959 Amer. dial.
– TINAGE † a large earthenware jar …1574
 
JARGON – adjectives
– CANTING belonging to the jargon of thieves and beggars …1592
– JARGONESQUE * characterized by the use of jargon, composed in jargon …1884
– JARGONIC pert. to jargon …1819
jargon – nouns 
– ABRACADABRA a pretended conjuring word; a meaningless word of mysterious sound; jargon, gibberish …1687
– ACCA jargon-loaded academic writing …1970s Aust. sl.
– ACKER jargon-loaded academic writing …1970s Aust. sl.
– BAFFLEGAB confusing or unintelligible jargon; incomprehensible or pretentious verbiage  …1952 US, chiefly political and journalistic usage
– BARRIKIN high-flown language; unintelligible language; gibberish, jargon …1851 Eng. sl.
– CANT the secret speech or jargon of the vagrant classes – gypsies, thieves, beggars, etc; hence, contemptuously, the peculiar phraseology of a particular class or subject …1706
– CANTING the jargon used by beggars, thieves, gypsies and vagrants …1567
– CHAT terminology, a special language, jargon …1950s sl.
– CYBERSPEAK jargon relating to computers or the internet …1991
– FICK-FACKS nonsense; silly jargon; foolish, trifling sayings …1847 Sc.
– FUSTIAN † jargon, made-up language, gibberish …a1593
– FUZZWORD a deliberately confusing or imprecise term; a piece of jargon, used more to impress than to inform …1983 US
– GAMMON AND PATTER any form of jargon or professional slang …L18 sl.
– GOBBLEDEGOOK pretentious jargon …1940s sl., orig. US
– GOBBLEDYGOOK pretentious jargon …1940s sl., orig. US
– GRIMGRIBBER legal or other technical  jargon; learned gibberish …1786
– GOBBLEDEGOOK official, professional, or pretentious verbiage or jargon …M20 orig. US
jargon – person
– JARGONIST * one who uses a jargon …1782
 
JAUNDICE – nouns
– YELLOW EVIL † jaundice …1387
– YELLOW-EYE jaundice; a disease caused by jaundice …1990 Amer. dial.
– YELLOW JANDERS jaundice …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YELLOW PLAGUE jaundice …1819
– YELLOWS jaundice, chiefly in horses and cattle …1561
– YELLOW SICKNESS jaundice …1747
– YELLOW SOUGHT † jaundice …a1400
jaundice – person
– BANANA a hospital patient with jaundice …Bk1994 sl. 
– ICTERIC a person affected with jaundice …1634
 
JAUNDICED – adjectives
– YELLOW-YOWLING sickly and jaundiced-looking …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
JAUNT – nouns
– GALLIVANTINGS jaunts, pleasure-trips, holiday-makings …Bk1900 Ireland
– RAID an outing, a jaunt, an excursion, esp. one about which a fuss has been made …1823 Sc.
– RAIKIN a stroll, a jaunt, an informal visit …1866 Sc.
jaunt – verbs 
– GALIVANDER to gad about, to jaunt, to go about idly or on pleasure; to gallivant …1892 Eng. dial.
 
JAUNTILY – adverbs
– RAKISHLY jauntily, cheerfully, light-heartedly …1838
 
JAUNTY – adjectives
– NAUNTLY conceited, jaunty …1827 Eng. dial.
– VANDIE † of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated …1724 Sc.
– VANNIE † of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated …1724 Sc.
– VAUNTIE of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated; exultant …1724 Sc.
jaunty – nouns
– FLINK  a pert or insolent kind of deportment; a conceited, jaunty air; a frolic, a flirtation; a good time, a ‘fling’ …1882 Sc. & Eng. & Amer dial.
jaunty – verbs 
– CANT † to move about with a jaunty step …1674 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
JAVELIN – nouns
– GARE † a spear or javelin …c1000
– GAVELOCK † a spear for throwing; a dart, a javelin …c1000
– GAVELOT †* a javelin or casting-spear …a1400
– JAVELOT † a small spear or javelin thrown with the hand or from a catapult …1489
javelin – person 
– JACULATOR * one who throws or hurls; a thrower of the dart or javelin …1796
 
JAW – adjectives
– ANDY-GUMP JAWED having a jaw that sticks out prominently …1968 Amer. dial.
– BOW-JAWED having a prominently projecting lower jaw …1967 Amer. dial.
– BOX-JAWED having a prominent lower jaw …1967 Amer. dial.
– CHIN-HAPPY having a lower jaw that sticks out prominently …1970 Amer. dial.
– GAB-SHOT † having the lower jaw projecting beyond the upper one …1900 Sc.
– GAMSY long-jawed; with projecting lower jaw …1929 Sc.
– GANGIE having a projecting jaw …1835 Sc.
– GIMBER-JAWED, JIMBER-JAWED  having a protruding, loose, or crooked lower jaw …1830 Amer. dial.
– HAMED-JAWED having a lower jaw that sticks out prominently …1968 Amer. dial.
– HAM-JAWED having a lower jaw that sticks out prominently …1968 Amer. dial.
– HAMMERJAWED having a lower jaw that sticks out prominently …1966 Amer. dial.
– HAWK-JAWED having a prominent lower jaw …1966 Amer. dial.
– IRON-JAWED having a very strong or prominent jaw …1883 Amer. dial.
– JET-JAWED having a protruding jaw …1968 Amer. dial.
– JIMMER-JAWED  having a protruding, loose, or crooked lower jaw …c1960 Amer. dial.
– JIMMY-JAWED  having a protruding, loose, or crooked lower jaw …1893 Amer. dial.
– JIP-JAWED  having a protruding, loose, or crooked lower jaw …1952 Amer. dial.
– LOP-JAWED having a protruding lower jaw …1966 Amer. dial.
– MOOSE-JAWED having a prominent lower jaw …1967 Amer. dial.
– MUFFER-JAWED having large or fleshy jaws …1966 Amer. dial.
– MUFFLE-JAWED having large or fleshy jaws …1922 Amer. dial.
– PAN-CHAFTED having the lower jaw projecting further outward than the upper …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– POOCH-JAWED having jaws protruding at the sides …1942 Amer. dial.
– TUT-MOUTHED * having protruding lips; also, having a projecting under jaw …1500-20 now Sc.
– UNDERHANGING having a prominent lower jaw …1865
– WABBLE-JAWED having a protruding or misshapen lower jaw …1919 Amer. dial.
– WAMPUS-JAWED having a swollen jaw …1950 Amer. dial.
– WAPPER of a jaw: projecting, warped …a1825 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– WAPPER-JAWED having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw …1836 Amer. dial.
– WAPPLE-JAWED having a protruding or misshapen lower jaw …1854 Amer. dial.
– WHANKER-JAWED having a protruding lower jaw …1966 Amer. dial.
– WHAPPER-JAWED having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw …1899 Amer. dial.
– WHAPPLE-JAWED having a protruding or misshapen lower jaw …1853 Amer. dial.
– WHOMPER-JAWED of a person: having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw …1927 Amer. dial.
– WHOMPNY-JAWED of a person: having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw …1967 Amer. dial.
– WHOPPER-JAWED having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw …1905 Amer. dial.
– WOBBLE-JAWED having a protruding or misshapen lower jaw …1885 Amer. dial.
– WOMPER-JAWED of a person: having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw …1927 Amer. dial.
– WOMPY-JAWED of a person: having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw …1965 Amer. dial.
– WOPPER-JAWED. having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw …1930 Amer. dial.
– WOPPLE-JAWED having a protruding or misshapen lower jaw …1883 Amer. dial.
jaw – nouns
– ANDY GUMP CHIN a conspicuously receding chin; an unusual chin or jaw …1968 Amer. dial.
– AXLE-HEAD the back portion of the jaw which contains the molars or ‘axle-teeth’ …1881 Eng. dial.
– BOX CHIN a square or prominent jaw …1967 Amer. dial.
– CHOPS the jaws …1899 Amer. dial.
– FANGS the mouth; the jaws …1950s sl.
– GAB-TREES the jaws …1728
– GAM the lips, jaw …1843 Sc.
– GANGE a projecting or drooping lower jaw …1835 Sc.
– GANS † the gums; also, the jaws …1824 Sc.
– GLASS JAW a conspicuously weak jaw, which breaks or fractures when hit and loses  its possessor their fights …1910s US sl., orig. boxing usage
– HAFFETS the jaws; the undersides of the jaw …1869 Eng. dial.
– HAPSBURG a long jaw; a jaw that sticks out prominently …1966 Amer. dial.
– HAPSBURG CHIN a long jaw; a jaw that sticks out prominently …1966 Amer. dial.
– HAPSBURG JAW a long jaw; a jaw that sticks out prominently …1966 Amer. dial.
– IRON JAW a prominent jaw …1968 Amer. dial.
– JABBER the jaw …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– JACKDAW a jaw …M19 rhyming sl.
– JAWING-TACKLE the jaws, mouth, etc., as used in speaking …1859
– JAW-TACKLE the muscles of the jaws; the mouth, etc., as employed in talking …1831 sl.
– JIMBERJAW a protruding lower jaw …1889 Amer. dial.
– JIPPER-JAW a protruding lower jaw …1889 Amer. dial.
– LANTERN-JAWS long thin jaws giving a hollow appearance to the cheek …1711
– MASTICATORS the teeth or jaws …1694 jocular
– MAW the human mouth; the throat; the gullet; the jaws …1791 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– MOOSE JAW a large or protruding jaw …1967 Amer. dial.
– NETHER-CHAFTS † the lower jaw …1736 Sc. 
– POINT the jaw …1925 Amer. prizefighting usage
– RAKE † the throat, the jaws …c825
– UNDER-CHAP the lower jaw …1607
– WAPPER-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; also, a nickname for someone having such a jaw …1899 Amer. dial.
– WHAPPER-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; also, a nickname for someone having such a jaw …1850 Amer. dial.
– WHOPPER-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; also, a nickname for someone having such a jaw …1886 Amer. dial.
– WHOPPLE-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; a nickname for a person having such a jaw …1893 Amer. dial.
– WOBBLE-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; a nickname for a person having such a jaw …1952 Amer. dial.
jaw – person
– ANDY GUMP CHIN ironically, a person with a prominent jaw …1968 Amer. dial.
– GANGY a person having a projecting jaw …1835 Sc.
– GIBFACE an ugly person, esp. one with a heavy lower jaw …Bk1860 sl. 
– WAPPER-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; also, a nickname for someone having such a jaw …1899 Amer. dial.
– WHAPPER-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; also, a nickname for someone having such a jaw …1850 Amer. dial.
– WHOPPER-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; also, a nickname for someone having such a jaw …1886 Amer. dial.
– WHOPPLE-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; a nickname for a person having such a jaw …1893 Amer. dial.
– WOBBLE-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; a nickname for a person having such a jaw …1952 Amer. dial.
jaw – verbs 
– YATTER of the jaws or teeth: to rattle against one another; to chatter, under the influence of cold or fear, or when one is talking volubly …1923 Sc.
 
JAY – nouns
– BIRD O’ SATAN the blue jay …1959 Amer. dial.
– GOBBY the common Canadian jay …Bk1913  Amer. dial.
– WHISKY JACK the common Canadian jay …Bk1913 Amer. dial.
 
JAZZ – adjectives
– FAR-OUT. excellent …1954 sl., orig. US jazz, applied to playing that is daringly creative
– FREAK in jazz: unorthodox …1955 US sl.
– HOT of jazz: traditional and spirited, as opposed to modern …1924 US sl.
– HUSH-PUPPY of jazz: old-fashioned, conventional …1958 US sl.
– NASTY in jazz: good, good-terrible …1930s US Black sl.
– ROOTY-TOOT of music, esp. early jazz: noisy and lively …L20 sl., chiefly US
jazz – nouns 
– BACK the musical accompaniment which a jazz band gives a soloist …1970 US sl.
– CARVING CONTEST a contest between jazz musicians …1959 US sl.
– CLAMBAKE a session in which jazz musicians collectively improvise …1937 US sl.
– CUTTING CONTEST an informal competition of jazz musicians …1946 orig. US
– CUTTING SESSION mal competition of jazz musicians …1959 orig. US
– DIXIELAND a form of jazz that originated in New Orleans, becoming popular esp. with White musicians in the second decade of the 20th century
– FUNK a kind of blues rock; jazz based on gospel music …Bk1990 Amer.sl.
– GET-OFF a skilful improvisation or break in jazz …M20 sl.
– GUTBUCKET jazz played in an especially earthy, bluesy, or robust manner, esp. in barrelhouse style; a very basic, raw, unsophisticated style of jazz; hence, extended to rock music …1929 Amer. jazz musicians’ usage
– GUTBUCKETING playing in ‘gutbucket’ style …1936 Amer. jazz usage
– HARLEM a strongly swinging jazz style …M20
– JAZZ GARDEN an establishment where jazz dancing takes place …1922 Amer. sl.
– NAKED JAZZ basic, raunchy jazz music …1940s sl.
– ROOTY-TOOT something that is noisy or lively; esp. an early style of jazz …L19 sl., chiefly US
– TODDLE slow jazz tempo and dance …1920s US Black sl.
– TRAD traditional jazz …1956 UK sl.
– TRAD JAZZ traditional jazz …1956 UK sl.
jazz – person
– ALLIGATOR a White jazz musician or jazz enthusiast …Bk1942 US Black jazz sl.
– BAND MAN a jazzman who excels in ensemble playing, though is not necessarily a distinguished soloist ….1946 jazz usage
– BEBOP a performer or supporter of bebop, a development of jazz, begun in the U.S. at the end of the Second World War, characterized by complex harmony, dissonant chords and highly syncopated rhythm  …1981
– BEBOPPER a performer or supporter of bebop, a development of jazz, begun in the U.S. at the end of the Second World War, characterized by complex harmony, dissonant chords and highly syncopated rhythm  …1946
– BOOGIEMAN a male swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– BOOGIE-WOOGIE BOY a swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– BOOGIE-WOOGIE GIRL a swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– BUFF a jazz aficionado …1950s Amer. sl.
– CAT a performer or aficionado of jazz music …1935 Amer. dial., orig. Black jazz musicians
– FATS a  jazz musician …1910s sl., orig. US Black
– FINGER-POPPER a jazz enthusiast …1957 Amer. dial.
– FINGERS a jazz pianist …1930s US Black sl.
– GATE a jazz musician; hence, a fashionable man …1936 US sl.
– GATER an addict of swing …Bk1942 jive usage
– GATES a fellow swing music enthusiast; a jazz musician …1940 Amer. sl. 
– GATOR a swing jazz enthusiast …1938 US sl., orig. US Black
– GUTBUCKET a jazz or blues musician …1971 Amer. jazz usage
– HAMFAT a mediocre jazz musician …1938 US sl.
– HAMFATTER a mediocre jazz musician …1889 US sl.
– HEP BIRD a person, typically a man, who is hep; an enthusiast of or expert in jazz, swing music, etc.; generally, a person considered aware, cool, sophisticated, or stylish …1937 sl., orig. US
– HEPCAT a person, typically a man, who is hep; an enthusiast of or expert in jazz, swing music, etc.; generally, a person considered aware, cool, sophisticated, or stylish …1937 sl., orig. US
– HEPPED-CAT a person, typically a man, who is hep; an enthusiast of or expert in jazz, swing music, etc.; generally, a person considered aware, cool, sophisticated, or stylish …1965 US sl.
– HEPSTER a person who is hep; an enthusiast for jazz, swing music, etc. …1938 sl., orig. US
– HIPCAT a person, esp. a man who is aware or well-informed; one who is in the know, esp. about jazz music and culture …1937 sl., orig. US
– HIP CHICK an alert, sensitive girl or young woman; esp. one cognizant of modern problems, personalities, and art, esp. of modern jazz music …Bk1945 Amer. sl., orig. jive usage
– HIPPIE a person who is hip or aware and well-informed; one who is in the know, esp. about jazz music and culture; a hipster …1948 sl., orig. US
– HIPSTER a person who is, or purports to be aware or well-informed; one who is in the know, esp. with regard to jazz music and culture …1938 sl., orig. US
– HOP-CAT a swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– ICKY someone who is ignorant of true swinging jazz and likes the ‘sweet’ kind …1937 US sl. 
– JAZZBO a man who is a jazz enthusiast; a jazz musician …1921 Amer. dial.
– JAZZHOUND an enthusiast or performer of jazz music …1920 Amer. sl.
– JITTER JANE a female swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– JIVECAT a swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– JIVE JUMPER a swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– JIVER a swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– JIVESTER a swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– JUMPING JACK a male swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– JUMPING JILL a female swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– JUMPING JIVESTER a swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– MODERNIST a person who plays or appreciates modern jazz …1932
– MOLDY FIG, MOULDY FIG a person who admires older styles of jazz; used derisively …1945 Amer. jazz usage
– NEW THINGER a devotee of the ‘new thing’, an experimental form of jazz, which dispensed with the normal harmonic and rhythmic framework, popular in the 1960s …1960s sl., orig. US
– PIANO KID in jazz: any teenage pianist working the rundown joints; teenage piano players were common in the brothels and cabarets in the 1900s-1930s …1900s US Black sl.
– PLATTERBUG a swing record enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– SATCHEL a musician, esp. a jazz musician who plays a wind instrument …c1935 Amer. sl. 
– SCREWBALL a swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– SCUFFLER a swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– SWIINGER a swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– SWINGAROO a swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– SWINGSTER a swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– TRADDIE a traditional jazz enthusiast …1983 UK sl.
– WIGGLE WORM a swing enthusiast …Bk1942 US sl.
– YARDBIRD Charlie Parker, jazz saxophonist …1949 US sl.
jazz – verbs
– CARVE 1. in jazz: to outplay another musician in a competition of solos …1883 US sl.
2. in jazz: to thrill, to ‘send’ …1943 US sl.
– SET UP in jazz: to get things, as chairs, etc., arranged for a performance …1900s US Black sl.
– WAIL in jazz: to perform excellently …1955 US jazz sl.