a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people |
a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands | any object of warm affection or devotion |
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | a strong positive emotion of regard and affection |
| a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction |
| a beloved person; used as terms of endearment |
| a score of zero in tennis or squash |