massé

American  

[ma-sey, mas-ee] / mæˈseɪ, ˈmæs i /

noun

Billiards.

1. a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.

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massé British  

/ ˈmæsɪ /

noun

1. billiards a stroke made by hitting the cue ball off centre with the cue held nearly vertically, esp so as to make the ball move in a curve around another ball before hitting the object ball

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Etymology

Origin of massé

1870–75; < French: literally, hammered, i.e., struck from above, straight down, equivalent to masse sledge hammer ( Old French mace; mace ¹ ) + -é -ee

Example Sentences

None of these positions would have seemed remarkable a few years ago, when tech companies exhorted their employees to “bring your whole self to work” and employees responded en masse by engaging in #MeToo and Black Lives Matter demonstrations.

From The Wall Street Journal

Police just moved in en masse toward protesters.

From Los Angeles Times

But civilians are turning en masse to bitcoin, the world's leading cryptocurrency, which can be withdrawn from platforms and stored in personal wallets, beyond the authorities' reach.

From Barron's

Leicester's match away to Sale the following weekend will also feature the 'away end' concept, with Tigers fans given the option of sitting en masse with other travelling supporters.

From BBC

The company’s thesis is that AI agents will buy Microsoft seats en masse, and that its Fabric data analytics platform gives it an additional moat.

From The Wall Street Journal