Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

housey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: housey
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of house music; houselike.

Colloquial

adj

Of hops: having the fruit mixed up with the leaves, making picking difficult.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From house + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: house

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

more housey (comparative) most housey (superlative)

Phrases

housey-housey

Frequently Paired Words

housey-housey

Questions

What does housey mean?: Resembling or characteristic of house music; houselike.
Where does housey come from?: From house + -y.

How to pronounce housey

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