barrelhouse (noun)
1barrelhouse — noun Date: 1883 1. a cheap drinking and usually dancing establishment 2. a strident, uninhibited, and forcefully rhythmic style of jazz or blues …
2barrelhouse — noun a) A rough and tumble drinking establishment. b) A loud, percussive type of blues piano suitable for noisy bars or taverns …
3barrelhouse — noun 1》 N. Amer. a cheap or disreputable bar. 2》 an unrestrained and unsophisticated style of jazz music …
4barrelhouse — noun a cheap drinking and dancing establishment • Syn: ↑honky tonk • Hypernyms: ↑barroom, ↑bar, ↑saloon, ↑ginmill, ↑taproom …
5gutbucket — noun Date: 1929 1. barrelhouse 2 2. a homemade bass fiddle consisting of a stick attached to an inverted washtub and having a single string …
6barroom — noun a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar • Syn: ↑bar, ↑saloon, ↑ginmill, ↑taproom • Hypernyms: ↑room • …
7ginmill — noun a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter (Freq. 2) he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar • Syn: ↑barroom, ↑bar, ↑saloon, ↑taproom • Hypernyms: ↑room …
8gutbucket — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : hot jazz music played in a brash style with much improvisation and with a strong 2 beat rhythm : barrelhouse …
9bar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. barrier, obstacle; barroom (See drinking); hurdle; legal profession, court, bench; rod, bolt, rail; measure; stripe. See lawsuit, length. v. forbid; exclude, restrict, reject; lock, bolt, fasten. See… …
10gut|buck|et — «GUHT BUHK iht», noun. U.S. Jazz Slang. barrelhouse …