housey

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of house music; houselike.

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Meanings

adjectivehousey (comparative more housey, superlative most housey)

comparative more housey · superlative most housey

  1. colloquialResembling or characteristic of house music; houselike.

    Along with a housey bass beat, it makes one of the most astonishing dance tracks you've ever heard.

    1990 August 31, Bill Wyman, “Bringing the noise: Public Enemy on the front lines”, in Chicago Reader
  2. Of hops: having the fruit mixed up with the leaves, making picking difficult.

    Variation of crop density and the presence of very 'housey' growth accounted for some of the variation, together with a drop in tempo on some farms as the end of harvest was approached, […]

    1968, Wye College. Dept. of Hop Research, Department of Hop Research Annual Report (page 35)

Origin

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