Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

razzmatazz

/ˈɹæz.mə.tæz/ noun

Forms razzmatazzes razmataz razzamatazz

noun Ambiguous or meaningless language. “He says he's late for the meeting because his daughter had an emergency at school, but I don't buy this razzmatazz.”
noun Empty and tiresome speculation. “A few politicians are creating some razzmatazz about reinstating the draft.”
noun (informal) Something presenting itself in a fanciful and showy, often unrealistic manner, especially when intended to impress and confuse. “Is he really the next big thing, or is all the media attention just a bunch of razzmatazz?”
noun (rare) A long and imposing series of mindless but necessary tasks. “When I finally got done dealing with all the razzmatazz of college registration, I decided to go out and have a drink.”
noun (obsolete, in the original sense) Energy, excitement, vigor.

Synonyms

Uncertain; perhaps an extended form of razz(le-dazzle). Compare pizzazz. Earliest citation from 1888, as razz-ma-taz.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “razzmatazz”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details