basser

See also: bàsser

English

Adjective

basser

1. comparative form of bass: more bass
   • 1955, Athene, volumes 16-17, page 4:

     Knowing that a taller pipe must produce a basser sound, the Semites identified the two.

Noun

basser (plural bassers)

1. One who performs the bass part in music.

   Hyponym: bassist

   • 2012, Lenard C. Bowie, African American Musical Heritage, page 244:

     As the beater increased the pace, the bassers would embellish the rhythm with hand claps and singing, while the seekers would follow the increasing tempo of the stickers ^[sic] beat, by picking up or intensifying the pace of the movement.

2. One who fishes for bass.
   • 1994, Louisiana Conservationist, volumes 46-47, page 29:

     "Mickey" I hissed. "Lift the fish basket."
     The bassers nodded approvingly, one giving the thumbs up signal. Then they gunned it.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

basser m

1. indefinite plural of bass