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massé
[ ma-seyor, especially British, mas-ee ]
noun
- a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
massé
/ ˈmæsɪ /
noun
- 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of massé1
Example Sentences
They pulled up in unmarked cars and on motorcycles, appearing en masse out of the darkness.
The Internet cool kids are, of course, rallying against Swift en masse.
But if word of the mission reached the city, there was a risk that the hostages would be executed en masse.
For women who are attacked en masse, this new reporting system will save substantial time and energy.
Editors were apoplectic, and they showed it by quitting en masse, leaving Mays to pick up the pieces.
The company, expecting a scene, rose en masse to their feet, while those in the inner room crowded to the front.
On more than one occasion they have taken up some cause en masse, and have gathered in thousands, determined to have their way.
The experience of human affairs when looked at en masse, must be in accordance with it if true, or repugnant to it if false.
The result of such desultory visits would be exactly what has been noticed, but erroneously attributed to immigration en masse.
Then he speaks of the inhabitants as being, 'taken en masse, steeped to the eyelids in immorality.'
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