jazzercise

noun, verb — 2 senses

jazzercise

noun

Etymology Blend of jazz + exercise, a trademark of the 1960s.

1

A form of aerobic exercise based on jazz dance.

  • I don't know when the hearse is gonna be ready, and Mama has her Jazzercise on Mondays.2004, Karin Slaughter, A Faint Cold Fear: A Novel, page 107:
  • Probably because when she got her period, her father had been so completely freaked out he'd left her in the bathroom, bleeding onto wadded-up toilet paper, for three hours, until Sydelle returned from her Jazzercise class with a box of sanitary napkins.2002, Jennifer Weiner, In Her Shoes: A Novel, page 136:
1 more example
  • Denise reports that one of the members of her Jazzercise class works for City Hospital, where the nurses also are organized.1983, Belinda E. Puetz, Linda J. Shinn, Networking for Nurses: Intra and Interprofessional Relations, page 148:
Related terms
aquasize, aquacise, boxercise, dancersize, dancercise, sexercise

jazzercise

verb

Etymology Blend of jazz + exercise, a trademark of the 1960s.

1

To perform this kind of exercise.

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