Meanings
comparative more housey · superlative most housey
- 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 - 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)
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