razzle-dazzle

See also: razzle dazzle

English

Alternative forms

• razzle dazzle

Etymology

Reduplication of dazzle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ræzəl dæzəl/

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Noun

razzle-dazzle (uncountable)

1. 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.

2. (US) dazzle camouflage

Derived terms

• on the razzle-dazzle

Translations

glamour

• Finnish: glamour (fi), loisto (fi), näyttävyys
• Spanish: espectáculo llamativo m

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.