gas

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gas
ɡas Listen
Meanings
noun
  • a substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape (unlike a solid) and no fixed volume (unlike a liquid).
    E.g. hot balls of gas that become stars
  • short for gasoline.
    E.g. we stopped for gas
  • an entertaining or amusing person or situation.
    E.g. the party would be a gas
verb
  • kill or harm by exposure to gas.
    E.g. my son was gassed at Verdun
  • talk excessively about trivial matters.
    E.g. I thought you'd never stop gassing
  • fill the tank of (a motor vehicle) with petrol.
    E.g. after gassing up the car, he went into the restaurant
adjective
  • very amusing or entertaining.
    E.g. Ruthie, that's gas—you're a gem

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