razzle-dazzle
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See also: razzle dazzle
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of dazzle.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Glitz, glamor/glamour, showiness, or pizazz.
- The big musical number at the end didn't have quite the razzle-dazzle they had hoped.
- 2013 September 10, Michiko Kakutani, “A Calamity Tailor-Made for Internet Conspiracy Theories”, in New York Times[1]:
- There are some razzle-dazzle descriptions of various computer programs — including one that transports users to vividly realized virtual paradises — but there are also lots of tired complaints about “sewers of greed” and consumerism in millennial Manhattan.
- (US) dazzle camouflage
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]glamour
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Verb
[edit]razzle-dazzle (third-person singular simple present razzle-dazzles, present participle razzle-dazzling, simple past and past participle razzle-dazzled)
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