BARRELHOUSE


Meaning of BARRELHOUSE in English

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

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