gas

Meaning

Noun

1. (physical, uncountable) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
2. (physical, uncountable) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
3. (physical, uncountable) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
4. (countable, physical) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
5. (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
6. (uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
7. (attributive, countable, often, uncountable) The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
8. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable) A humorous or entertaining event, person, or thing.
9. (countable, slang, uncountable) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
10. (countable, uncountable) A fastball.
11. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) Arterial or venous blood gas.

Verb

1. (transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
2. (transitive) To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.
3. (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.
4. (slang, transitive) To impose upon by talking boastfully.
5. (intransitive) To emit gas.
6. (transitive) To impregnate with gas.
7. (transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.

Verb

1. (US) To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.
2. (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.

Adj

Of high quality.

Adj

Comical, zany; fun, amusing.

Synonyms

petrol

gasoline

vapour

fume

steam

vapor

air

benzine

oil

flatulence

throttle

natural gas

smoke

gasolene

bluster

flatulency

brag

shoot a line

gun

🔫

boast

tout

gasconade

swash

blow

petrol

vaunt

naphtha

accelerator

flame

fart

accelerator pedal

gaseous state

wind

gas pedal

gasoline

gaseous

fuel

brine

bray

atmosphere

fall short of

exhalation

excite

joke

🤣

evaporation

bombast

aero

juice

kerosene

humbug

Translations

gaz

Gas

gas

gas

gás

gas

αέριο

gaz

Benzin

essence

benzina

gas

غاز

gasolina

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡæs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648.

Sentences

The streamer of gas came out towards us .

Two oxygen and two nitrogen high-pressure gas tanks are attached externally to the airlock .