razzle-dazzle

See also: razzle dazzle

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of dazzle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ræzəl dæzəl/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

razzle-dazzle (uncountable)

  1. Glitz, glamor/glamour, showiness, or pizazz.
    The razzmatazz of a razzle-dazzle of pairs figure skating.
    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.
  2. (US) dazzle camouflage

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Verb

razzle-dazzle (third-person singular simple present razzle-dazzles, present participle razzle-dazzling, simple past and past participle razzle-dazzled)

  1. (transitive) To confuse or overcome with glamour or showiness; to dazzle.
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