gas
adjective
1. (Ireland, colloquial) comical, zany.
- Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
- It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.
noun
1. the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
Definition categories: state
2. a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
Definition categories: substance, fluid
3. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
Similar word(s): gasolene, gasoline, petrol
Definition categories: substance, fuel, hydrocarbon
4. a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
Similar word(s): flatulence, flatulency
Definition categories: state
5. a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- he stepped on the gas
Similar word(s): accelerator, gun, throttle
Definition categories: man–made, pedal, treadle
6. a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes
Definition categories: substance
Sentences with gas as a noun:
- A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.
- The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.
- Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
- She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
- My tummy hurts so bad, I have gas.
- He is such a gas!
- The closer threw him nothing but gas.
verb
1. attack with gas; subject to gas fumes
- The despot gassed the rebellious tribes
Definition categories: competition, assail, attack
2. show off
Similar word(s): blow, bluster, boast, brag, gasconade, swash, tout, vaunt
Definition categories: communication, amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate
Sentences with gas as a verb:
- The battery cell was gassing.
- to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder
- to gas thread
- The cops are coming. Gas it!