pizzazz
/pɪˈzaz
/(also pizazz, pazazz, or pzazz)
noun [mass noun] informal
An attractive combination of vitality and glamour: a summer collection with pizzazz...
- Punters are encouraged to dress up to add glamour and pizzazz to a night which will transport the willing to disco dance heaven.
- It's typical of the Belfast approach to life, this earthing of Ireland's celebrities and stars, this demystification of the glamour and pizzazz of showbusiness.
- In dark brown, these are traditionally styled and lack the punch panache and pizzazz hip kids require in a shoe.
Origin
Said to have been invented by Diana Vreeland, fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar in the 1930s.
Rhymes
- carrot fly
- carrot juice
- carrot-top
- carrot-topped
- carrotwood
- carroty
- carry
- carryall
- carry all before one
- carry a torch for
- carryback note
- carry conviction
- carrycot
- carrying capacity
- carrying charge
- carryings-on
- carrying trade
- carry on
- carry one's bat
- carry-out
- carry over
- carry someone/thing off
- carry something away
- carry something forward
- carry something off