Definition of "razzle-dazzle" [razzle-dazzle]

• Informal Dazzling excitement. (noun)
• Informal Elaborate action or maneuvers designed to deceive an opponent, as in a sports contest. (noun)
• Informal Extravagant or showy display, as of technique: a lecture that was more razzle-dazzle than substance. (noun)

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• "A fraudulent sense of earnestness and of Modernist discovery permeates these confused, formless pictures, in which fake "pentimenti" and searching "expressive" flourishes are applied razzle-dazzle to Norman Rockwell-style portraits."
• "Baby blue Lycra covered in white fishnet, paint, and Swarovski crystals, the result was totally razzle-dazzle, much more Russian, and much more me."
• "Embraer's lack of razzle-dazzle seems to have turned off investors."