jazz around

• Verbe à particule signifiant se déplacer ou agir de manière vive, enjouée ou sans but précis ; passer du temps à ne rien faire ou à faire l'imbécile.

A phrasal verb meaning to move or act in a lively, playful, or aimless manner; to waste time or fool around.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. To act playfully or waste timeinformalamerican

   To behave in a frivolous, playful, or unserious manner; to waste time or avoid doing something important.

   s'amuser, perdre son temps

   • Stop jazzing around and get to work.
   • They were jazzing around the office instead of finishing the report.
   • He spent the afternoon jazzing around with his friends.

   Synonymesdallydawdlefool aroundhorse aroundmess aroundmonkey aroundplay aroundtrifle

   Antonymesapplylaborstrivetoilwork

2. To improvise or embellishinformalamerican

   To add extra, often unnecessary, elements to something, especially in music or performance.

   Jazz up / Enrichir de façon improvisée

   • The pianist started jazzing around with the melody.
   • She jazzed around the recipe by adding unusual spices.
   • He likes to jazz around his speeches with funny anecdotes.

   Synonymesad-libembellishembroiderimproviseornamentvamp

   Antonymesreducesimplifystrip

Verbe de basejazz