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gas

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noun

ˈgas How to pronounce gas (audio)
plural gases also gasses
1
: a fluid (such as air) that has neither independent shape nor volume but tends to expand indefinitely
2
a
: a combustible gas or gaseous mixture for fuel or lighting
especially : natural gas
b
: a gaseous product of digestion
also : discomfort from this
c
: a gas or gaseous mixture used to produce anesthesia
d
: a substance that can be used to produce a poisonous, suffocating, or physically irritating atmosphere
3
: empty talk : bombast
His talk about quitting his job was all gas.
4
: gasoline
also : the accelerator pedal of an automotive vehicle
5
: driving force : energy
I was young, and full of gas H. L. Mencken
ran out of gas in the seventh inning
6
slang : something that gives pleasure : delight
the party was a gas
7
baseball, informal : fast and powerfully thrown pitches : smoke sense 8
That's Nate on the mound in the glossy photo in his dad's office, throwing gas in some Little League game. Austin Murphy

gas

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verb

gassed; gassing

intransitive verb

1
: to talk idly or garrulously
2
: to give off gas (see gas entry 1 sense 1)
3
: to fill the tank (as of an automobile) with gasoline
—usually used with up

transitive verb

1
: to supply with gas or especially gasoline
gas up the car
2
a
: to treat chemically with gas
b
: to poison or otherwise affect adversely with gas
3
slang : to please greatly

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Example Sentences

Noun Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas. We heat our house with gas. Do you have a gas stove or an electric one? The car gets good gas mileage. The car almost ran out of gas. He was driving with one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake. Verb soldiers gassed on the battlefield We stopped to gas the car. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
From its production to its end-of-life, plastic belches greenhouse gas emissions at every stage of its life cycle. Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022 Some states are transitioning away from carbon dioxide-emitting fossil fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stave off the worst effects of a warming planet. John Raby, ajc, 16 Sep. 2022 According to the Environmental Protection Agency, transportation is the single largest source of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022 The judge’s order in February said the Biden administration had failed to adequately consider the sale’s effect on planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Janet Mcconnaughey, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2022 And getting more electric vehicles on the road could help cut greenhouse gas emissions, which would help with the ongoing climate change issues. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 15 Sep. 2022 Last week, the White House released a report on crypto’s environmental impact, saying that crypto-asset activity in the U.S. compares to the country’s greenhouse gas emissions from railroad diesel fuel. Time, 15 Sep. 2022 The judge's order in February said the Biden administration had failed to adequately consider the sale’s effect on planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Janet Mcconnaughey, Chron, 14 Sep. 2022 The project will increase capacity by 50 percent at the Beam plant in Boston, Ky., while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by the same percentage, Beam Suntory said Wednesday. BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
Verb
The already expensive trip came with an unexpected cost: The price for a gallon of unleaded at Death Valley’s Furnace Creek gas station, the only place to gas up for miles, was $8.25. Evan Halper, Washington Post, 20 May 2022 Nobody wanted oil in general in spring 2020, when global stay-at-home orders meant nobody needed to gas up and get to the office. Julianne Pepitone, CNN, 12 Mar. 2022 Over the course of an hour, more people used the station as a cut-through to skip a long light than to gas up for $6.99 a gallon. Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2022 Members of the militia group the Oath Keepers, it was later revealed, had planned to trap members of Congress in a tunnel and to gas them. Molly Jong-fast, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2022 Your therapist can gas on about her divorce to HER therapist. Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2021 Your therapist can gas on about her divorce to HER therapist. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2021 Your therapist can gas on about her divorce to HER therapist. Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2021 Your therapist can gas on about her divorce to her therapist. Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

New Latin, alteration of Latin chaos space, chaos

Verb

derivative of gas entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

1779, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1849, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

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The first known use of gas was in 1779

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