Basser

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who performs the bass part in music.

    "As the beater increased the pace, the bassers would embellish the rhythm with hand claps and singing, while the seekers would follow the increasing tempo of the stickers ^([sic]) beat, by picking up or intensifying the pace of the movement."

  2. 2
    One who fishes for bass.

    ""Mickey" I hissed. "Lift the fish basket." The bassers nodded approvingly, one giving the thumbs up signal. Then they gunned it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    comparative form of bass: more bass comparative, form-of

    "Knowing that a taller pipe must produce a basser sound, the Semites identified the two."

Example

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"Knowing that a taller pipe must produce a basser sound, the Semites identified the two."

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