Reverse Dictionary: 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.
► HOTCHA of music, esp. jazz: exciting, lively; marked by a strong rhythm → 1930
► 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

NOUNS
► BACK the musical accompaniment which a jazz band gives a soloist → 1970 US sl.
► BLOWING playing jazz music; an instance of playing jazz music → 1956 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.
► JUMP jazz music with a strong beat; a jazz tune with a strong rhythm → 1937 orig. US
► 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 ► TRAD JAZZ traditional jazz → 1956 UK sl.

NOUNS – 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
► BLOWING CAT a jazz musician → 1956 US sl.
► BLOWTOP a jazz musician, esp. a first-rate performer → 1930 African-American sl.
► BOOGIEMAN a male swing enthusiast → Bk1942 US sl.
► BOOGIE-WOOGIE BOY ► 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 ► GATOR a swing jazz enthusiast → 1938 US sl., orig. African-American
► GATES a fellow swing music enthusiast; a jazz musician → 1940 Amer. sl. 
► 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 musician who plays jazz with swing → 1937 sl.
► TRADDIE a traditional jazz enthusiast → 1983 UK sl.
► WIG a cool jazz musician → 1950 jazz musicians’ sl.
► WIGGLE WORM a swing enthusiast → Bk1942 US sl.
► YARDBIRD Charlie Parker, jazz saxophonist → 1949 US sl.

VERBS
► BLOW UP A STORM to play jazz with spirit and skill → 1954 US sl.
► 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 → 1900 African-American sl.
► WAIL to play jazz well and feelingly; to perform excellently → 1930 jazz musicians’ sl.