gassy

adjective gassier · gassiest

1. Having the nature of, or containing, gas. In gassy curds, the condition that promotes the generation of gas, is opposed to the condition that favors the development of acid, and vice versa. Therefore, I believe the secret of making good cheese from gassy curds is to promote the development of lactic acid.

   Similar: gaseous, gasiferous, gaslike

2. specifically, of a beverage Containing dissolved gas (usually carbon dioxide); fizzy. Bell pushes labelled "Steward" proved to be more than ornamental, even though gassy mineral waters may not be the ideal fare for a narrow-gauge journey.

   Similar: gaseous, gasiferous, gaslike, bubbly, carbonated, effervescent, sparkling, abubble, bubblesome, ebullient, fizzy, foamy · Opposite: flat, noncarbonated, uncarbonated, ungassy, ineffervescent, noneffervescent, nonsparkling, still, uneffervescent, unfizzy

3. specifically, of a person Tending to burp; burpy. The Renault burst effortlessly through what turned out to be an anorexic privet, and immediately encountered something more substantial in the form of an astonished and transfixed Cheviot. McGregor heard a gassy – groan half-baa and half-burp – as the sheep was bounced into the air, the Renault blud

   Similar: gaseous, gasiferous, gaslike

4. specifically, of a person Tending to release flatus; flatulent. […] Always go to the bathroom when feeling gassy and bloated, and never break wind in any public situation, especially not on hot dates!

   Similar: gaseous, gasiferous, gaslike, farty, flatulent

5. of food or drink Tending to cause flatulence. Beans are a gassy food.

   Similar: farty

6. figuratively, informal Tending to be long-winded or wordy, especially in a boastful and vain manner. [H]e went home […] and told them about his trip; how at Ripon he saw the gassiest man he had ever seen; an old steamboat captain by the name of Mapes; how I told him where we were going to have colleges, mills, stores, etc., […] the last time I saw him before he died he told me that he had seen all

   Similar: circumlocutory, diffuse, periphrastic, palaverous, pleonastic, prolix, rigmarole, sesquipedalian, verbose, wordy · Opposite: taciturn, reticent, unloquacious, untalkative, quiet, reserved, silent, silentious