in dance, musicals, cabaret etc, the action of waving the hands with the palms facing forward and the fingers wide open, in order to show excitement or enthusiasm
Probably the biggestproponent of jazzhands was the lateBob Fosse, who incorporated them in nearly all of his Broadway and filmmusicalchoreography.
This meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary from United Kingdom on 24/11/2014
Synonyms and related words
Dance movements and choreography
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choreographer
jazz hands
noun plural
US /ˈdʒæz ˌhændz/
DEFINITIONS1
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in dance, musicals, cabaret, etc., the action of waving the hands with the palms facing forward and the fingers wide open, in order to show excitement or enthusiasm
Probably the biggestproponent of jazzhands was the lateBob Fosse, who incorporated them in nearly all of his Broadway and filmmusicalchoreography.
This meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary from United Kingdom on 24/11/2014