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gassing

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of gas

noun gassings

  1. uncountable, usually Poisoning by noxious gas.
  2. uncountable, usually The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte.
  3. historical, uncountable, usually The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres.
  4. uncountable, usually Any similar process of singeing.
  5. slang, uncountable, usually boasting; insincere or empty talk He bent over her shoulder and read, Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, I can't stand your gassing, oh, what a windbag, what will shut you up, shut up, shut up. And so ad infinitum. He was terribly hurt.

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@misc{gassing_2026,
  title = {gassing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gassing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}