different between bass vs schoolie

English

Etymology 1

From Italian basso (“low”), from Latin bassus (“low”).

Alternative forms

• (noun): base (dated)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?s
• enPR: b?s, IPA^(key): /be?s/
• Homophone: base

Adjective

bass (comparative more bass, superlative most bass)

1. Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.

   The giant spoke in a deep, bass, rumbling voice that shook me to my boots.

Translations

Noun

bass (plural basses)

1. A low spectrum of sound tones.

   Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.

2. A section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.

   The conductor preferred to situate the bass in the middle rear, rather than to one side of the orchestra.

3. One who sings in the bass range.

   Halfway through middle school, Edgar morphed from a soprano to a bass, much to the amazement and amusement of his fellow choristers.

4. (music) An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.

   The musician swung the bass over his head like an axe and smashed it into the amplifier, creating a discordant howl of noise.

5. The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.

   The score had been written without the treble and bass, but it was easy to pick out which was which based on the location of the notes on the staff.

Synonyms

• (singer): basso
• (clef): F clef

Coordinate terms

• (voice types): soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)
• (music) SATB (Initialism of soprano, alto, tenor, bass.)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

bass (third-person singular simple present basses, present participle bassing, simple past and past participle bassed)

1. To sound in a deep tone.
   • 1623 [1610], William Shakespeare, The Tempest (First Folio ed.), act III, scene iii, lines 99-99

     […] and the Thunder
     (That deepe and dreadfull Organ-Pipe) pronounc'd
     The name of Pro?per : it did ba?e my Tre?pa??e

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bace, bas, alteration of bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?órsos (“prickle, thorn, scale”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at barse.

Alternative forms

• basse (archaic)

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?s, IPA^(key): /bæs/

Noun

bass (countable and uncountable, plural basses or bass)

1. The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

A corruption of bast.

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?s, IPA^(key): /bæs/

Noun

bass (countable and uncountable, plural basses)

1. The fibrous inner bark of the linden or lime tree, used for making mats.
2. Fibers from other plants, especially palm trees
3. Anything made from such fibers, such as a hassock, basket or thick mat.

Derived terms

• basswood

See also

• bass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• BSAs, SABS, sabs

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German vaz, from Old High German faz, from Proto-Germanic *fat? (“vessel, container”). Cognate with German Fass, Dutch vat, English vat, Icelandic fat.

Noun

bass n (plural bèssar, diminutive bèssle)

1. (Sette Comuni) vat, tub

Declension

References

• “bass” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

German

Etymology

Former comparative of wohl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bas]

Adjective

bass (not comparable)

1. greatly

Usage notes

This primarily used in the collocations bass erstaunt/basses Erstaunen.

Declension

Further reading

• “bass” in Duden online

Latvian

Etymology

From Italian [Term?]

Noun

bass m (1st declension)

1. bass

Adjective

bass (definite basais, comparative bas?ks, superlative visbas?kais, adverb basi)

1. bare, unshod (of feet: without shoes, socks or other coverings)

Declension

Synonyms

• kails

Luxembourgish

Verb

bass

1. second-person singular present indicative of sinn

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bas/

Etymology 1

Inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare Tunisian Arabic ??? (ba??, “to fart”).

Verb

bass (imperfect jboss)

1. to fart

Conjugation

Derived terms

• bassa

Etymology 2

From English bus.

Noun

bass m (plural basis)

1. bus

Middle English

Adjective

bass

1. Alternative form of bas

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin bassus, via Italian basso

Noun

bass m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural basser, definite plural bassene)

1. (music) bass; (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the base range)
2. (music) short for bassgitar (bass guitar) or kontrabass (double bass)

Derived terms

• kontrabass
• snurrebass

References

• “bass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin bassus, via Italian basso

Noun

bass m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural bassar, definite plural bassane)

1. (music) bass; (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the base range)
2. (music) short for bassgitar (bass guitar) or kontrabass (double bass)

Derived terms

• kontrabass
• snurrebass

References

• “bass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Vallader) bas

Etymology

From Late Latin bassus.

Adjective

bass m (f bassa, m pl bass, f pl bassas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) deep, low

English

Alternative forms

• schooly

Etymology

From school +? -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?li

Noun

schoolie (plural schoolies)

1. (Australia) A senior school student, especially a school-leaver, engaged in unsupervised celebrations during schoolies week.
   • 1996, John Cotterell, Social Networks and Social Influences in Adolescence, page 176,

     Known as the Drug Awareness Network, it was able to find funding assistance for its work from the National Drug Education unit. The network devised a programme of activities which was later advertised to intending Schoolies by helpers walking the streets and distributing leafets containing information about forthcoming events.

   • 2007, John Chalmers, Byron Bay Taxis and Lunacies, page 78,

     Some of the locals prey on the Schoolies.

   • 2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 338,

     If staying in November or December, the place is filled with hundreds of schoolies.

   • 2010, Garry Disher, Blood Moon, page 17,

     But the victim in this case had been a schoolie, she?d been assaulted during Schoolies Week, and her attacker might have been a fellow schoolie.

2. (Australia) A schoolteacher.
3. (Britain, military) An education officer.
   • 2008, John H. Dunning, Seasons of a Scholar: Some Personal Reflections of an International Business Economist, page 46,

     Arbroath, being a training station for young naval airmen, also housed several ‘schoolies’ (education officers), four of whom lived in an adjacent building to mine. I quickly struck up a close friendship with two of the schoolies, Ron Horner and Vivian Price.

4. (US, fishing) A juvenile gamefish (especially striped bass) at a stage where it tends to swim with others in schools rather than stay to itself.
   • 1997 August, Lawrence Pine, Massachusetts?s Plymouth Rock Bass, Field & Stream, page 94,

     Poppers and Clouser-style flies can produce large numbers of schoolies that average 16 to 24 inches, with a sprinkling of fish from 24 to 28 inches.

   • 2003, Larry Larsen, Amazon Peacock Bass Fishing: Top Tactics for Top Locations, page 150,

     Oklahomans Jim Campbell and Gary Tyler caught 123 peacocks (including two teeners) by concentrating on the schoolies with jigs and other small lures that day.

   • 2009, Tom Rosenbauer, Nick Lyons, The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing: 101 Tips for the Absolute Beginner, page 88,

     Schoolies tend to concentrate inside harbors and along beaches, often moving far inside tidal creeks and salt ponds.

Synonyms

• (senior school student attending school-leaving celebrations): leaver (Western Australia)
• (schoolteacher):
• (education officer):
• (bass that swims in a school): schoolie bass

Derived terms

• schoolies week

Translations

See also

• toolie