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bassy

  • a word derived from bass.

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Dressed in a striking pink and green sari, she sauntered through the bassy grooves of recent singles Pass The Salt and Carmen, coming across like a latter-day Amy Winehouse.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2025

The track starts out light and tinkly but keeps adding bassy layers, literally showing the depth of their contempt.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023

It’s a mix of a spaceship with bassy V8 undertones, like if ET was picked up by his parents in a BMW M8.

From The Verge • Jun. 3, 2022

Lush strings and bassy pianos on this classy 1989 primal scream.

From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2018

The sound was somewhat bassy and muddy, but not terrible.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2018