"bassy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /bæsi/ [Multicultural-London-English] Forms: bassier [comparative], bassiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æsi Etymology: bass + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bass|y}} bass + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|bassier}} bassy (comparative bassier, superlative bassiest)
  1. Describing the reproduction of sound that overemphasizes low-frequency sounds.
    Sense id: en-bassy-en-adj-I1vAYbq5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bæsi/ [Multicultural-London-English] Forms: bassies [plural]
Rhymes: -æsi Head templates: {{en-noun}} bassy (plural bassies)
  1. (MLE, slang) A knife. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, slang
    Sense id: en-bassy-en-noun-Z3VWMh2h Categories (other): Multicultural London English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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