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housy

housy is the alternative form of housey.

Meaning of housey

Adjective

housey (comparative more housey, superlative most housey)

  1. (colloquial) Resembling 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)

Forms of housy

comparativemore housy
superlativemost housy

Questions about housy

What is housy the alternative form of?
Housy is the alternative form of housey.

Words near housy in the dictionary

  1. houstonias
  2. Houstoun
  3. housty
  4. houswife
  5. houswives
  6. housy
  7. housy-housy
  8. hout
  9. Hout Bay
  10. Houten
  11. Houthalenian

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