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English
Etymology
Reduplication of dazzle.
Pronunciation
Noun
razzle-dazzle (uncountable)
- 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: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
Translations
Verb
razzle-dazzle (third-person singular simple present razzle-dazzles, present participle razzle-dazzling, simple past and past participle razzle-dazzled)
- (transitive) To confuse or overcome with glamour or showiness; to dazzle.