housey

English

Etymology

From house +‎ -y.

Adjective

housey (comparative more housey, superlative most housey)

1. (colloquial) Resembling or characteristic of house music; houselike.
   • 1990 August 31, Bill Wyman, “Bringing the noise: Public Enemy on the front lines”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

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

2. Of hops: having the fruit mixed up with the leaves, making picking difficult.
   • 1968, Wye College. Dept. of Hop Research, Department of Hop Research Annual Report (page 35)

     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, […]

See also

• housey-housey