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gas¹

  • /ɡæs/ US, UK
  • /ɡɛəs/
  • /ɡæz/ regional
  • /ɡɛəz/ regional

Rhymes with -æs, -æz

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der.

Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos)

Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der.

Dutch gasbor.

English gas

Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648.

noun gases · gasses

  1. physical, uncountable Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition. A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.
  2. physical, uncountable A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas. Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
  3. physical, uncountable Poison gas. The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.
  4. countable, physical A chemical element or compound in such a state. The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.
  5. countable A hob on a gas cooker. She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
  6. uncountable Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus. My tummy hurts so bad – I have gas.
  7. attributive, countable, often, uncountable The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
  8. countable, dated, slang, uncountable A humorous or entertaining event, person, or thing. Two more girls came in, one in bright pink stretch pants and the other in purple. “Man this place is a gas,” said pink.
  9. countable, slang, uncountable Frothy or boastful talk; chatter. Bang, little boy, stop with the gas / Little T, man he chats up his ass
  10. countable, uncountable A fastball. The closer threw him nothing but gas.
  11. colloquial, countable, uncountable Arterial or venous blood gas.

verb gases · gasses · gassing · gassed

  1. transitive To attack or kill with poison gas. The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.
  2. transitive To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something. "He's been waiting to jump my brain-bones since I left R&E. I could feel him hammering on the door." She trotted to the nearest wall and knocked on it for emphasis. "But whatever it is that makes us remember the good old days, it also makes us impossible to possess now. That's why Willie and I both
  3. intransitive, slang To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter. […] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”
  4. slang, transitive To impose upon by talking boastfully. I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said ...(whaaat): "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam" ( don't gas me), "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam".
  5. intransitive To emit gas. The battery cell was gassing.
  6. transitive To impregnate with gas. to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder
  7. transitive To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers. to gas thread

gas²

  • /ɡæs/ US, UK
  • /ɡɛəs/
  • /ɡæz/ regional
  • /ɡɛəz/ regional

Rhymes with -æs, -æz

Where it comes from

Clipping of gasoline. Slang forms popularized on TikTok by Gen Z.

noun gases · gasses

  1. Canada, New Zealand, Philippines, US, uncountable Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel. Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would di
  2. abbreviation, broadly, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle.gas pedal
  3. uncountable An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions. gas fee
  4. slang, uncountable Marijuana, typically of high quality.

verb gases · gasses · gassing · gassed

  1. US To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it. The cops are coming. Gas it!
  2. US To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel. Between 0945 and 1020 six definite explosions were reported in the hangar. Explosions at 0945 and 1006 were described as minor while those at 1002, 1003 and 1005 were classed as major explosions and the explosion at 1020 was described as a heavy explosion but less severe than some previous ones. The

adjective gasser · gassest

  1. slang, uncountable Of high quality. This food is gas.

gas³

  • /ɡæs/ US, UK
  • /ɡɛəs/
  • /ɡæz/ regional
  • /ɡɛəz/ regional

Rhymes with -æs, -æz

Where it comes from

Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above.

adjective gasser · gassest

  1. slang Comical, zany; fun, amusing. Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.

Gas⁴

proper noun

  1. A commune in Eure-et-Loir, France.
  2. A city in Kansas.

Gas⁵

noun

  1. plural plural of Ga

GAs⁶

noun

  1. plural plural of GA

GAS⁷

noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of group A Streptococcus.group A Streptococcus
  2. Philippines, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of general academic strand, a strand under the academic track in senior high school.general academic strand
  3. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of gear acquisition syndrome

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