pizzazz

or pi·zazz or piz·zaz (pĭ-zăz')
n. Informal

1. Dazzling style; flamboyance; flair.
2. Vigorous spirit; energy or excitement.

[Origin unknown.]

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a slang term meaning 'verve, sparkle', has many variant spellings, of which the one given is the most common, with over five times as many examples as pizazz in the Old English (up to 1150)C. The more alliterative form pzazz occurs very rarely.

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n. punch; glitter and excitement.  Listen to the way she put pizzazz into that song!

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IN BRIEF: Spirit, vitality, or flashiness.

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noun
noun, orig US

Zest, vitality, or liveliness; showiness. (1937 —) .
G. V. Higgins Maybe some guy that could recruit more troops and out-fund us gets involved in a bloodletting with another guy who has some pizzazz, and...they knock each other off (1975).

[Origin unknown.]

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See words rhyming with "pizzazz."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - gå-på-mod

Nederlands (Dutch)
vitaliteit, energie, flair

Français (French)
n. - panache

Deutsch (German)
n. - Glamour, Schwung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπρίο, αίγλη, νεύρο, ζωηράδα

Italiano (Italian)
entusiasmo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - força (f), energia (f), ousadia (f)

Русский (Russian)
шик, класс

Español (Spanish)
n. - energía, dinamismo, brío, garbo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - schvung, fräs

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
精力, 活力, 魅力

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 精力, 活力, 魅力

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 활기, 재치, 화려함

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 元気, 活気, 才気

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نشاط, حيويه, قوة, أناقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מרץ, רושם, תעוזה‬

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