I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: so called from the row of barrels sometimes stacked along its walls
1. : a cheap drinking establishment usually with facilities for dancing and sometimes for gambling and lodging
2. : a style of jazz characterized by a very strongly accented beat, syncopation, dissonance, free improvisation, and when performed by a group continuous simultaneous improvisation by each member throughout an entire number
II. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌhau̇s, -au̇z verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: barrel
every crow in hearing distance will come barrelhousing in, gang up, and drive this most hated enemy from the neighborhood — Eugene Kinkead