massé

[ma-sey, mas-ee]

noun

Billiards.

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

massé

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of massé¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of massé¹

C19: from French, from masser to hit from above with a hammer, from masse sledgehammer, from Old French mace _mace ¹

Example Sentences

They began to pull their money from Credit Suisse en masse, triggering the bank’s forced rescue.

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Young artists emerging from Southern California’s bountiful art schools decided, en masse, to stick around.

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But unlike in 2020, Canadians aren’t locking in five-year fixed mortgages on masse, the economists say.

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Crowds are important, whether it be on “No Kings” Day or Hands Off marches, when the people come out en masse to remind this administration who their boss is.

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Bitcoin miners swept into Texas en masse in 2021 after China banned the practice.

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