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DIZZY GILLESPIE
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• DIZZY GILLESPIE (noun)
The noun DIZZY GILLESPIE has 1 sense:
1. United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
Familiarity information: DIZZY GILLESPIE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Dizzy Gillespie; Gillespie; John Birks Gillespie
Instance hypernyms:
cornetist; trumpeter (a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet)
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