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housle — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • nutmeg noun The aromatic seed of the nutmeg tree, ground and used as a spice.
  • violin noun A small four-stringed instrument played with a bow, held under the chin, the highest-pitched of the standard string family.

Senses

housle is used for these senses in English:

  • gusle (musical instrument) A single-stringed lute-like musical instrument with a bowl-shaped body, held vertically in the lap and played with a bow, originating among the Slavic peoples in the Balkans, especially in the Dinarides region.
  • nutmeg (football, hockey, basketball) The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.
  • violin (string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.

nutmeg — full definition

  1. noun The aromatic seed of the nutmeg tree, ground and used as a spice.
  2. noun In football and similar sports, the act of passing the ball through an opponent's legs.
  3. verb To pass the ball between an opponent's legs.

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