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Meaning
Noun
●
In Chemistry:
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.
A
flammable
gaseous
hydrocarbon
or
hydrocarbon
mixture
used as a
fuel
, e.g. for
cooking
,
heating
,
electricity
generation
or as a
fuel
in
internal combustion engines
in
vehicles
, especially natural gas.
●
In Chemistry & Military:
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.
Poison gas.
●
In Chemistry:
A
chemical element
or
compound
in such a state.
●
A
hob
on a
gas
cooker.
●
Methane or other
waste
gases
trapped
in
one's
belly
as a result of
the
digestive
process; flatus.
●
A
humorous
or
entertaining
event
, person or thing.
●
Frothy or
boastful
talk
; chatter.
●
In Baseball:
A fastball.
●
In Medicine:
Arterial or
venous
blood gas.
●
In American English, Canadian English, New Zealand English & Regional English:
Gasoline, a
light
derivative
of
petroleum
used as fuel.
●
In American English, Canadian English & Regional English:
Ellipsis of
gas
pedal.
●
In Cryptocurrency:
An
internal
virtual currency
used in Ethereum to
pay for
certain
operations
, such as
blockchain
transactions.
●
Marijuana,
typically
of high quality.
●
plural of Ga
●
plural of GA
●
Acronym of group A Streptococcus.
Verb
●
To
attack
or
kill
with
poison
gas.
●
To
talk
in a
boastful
or
vapid
way; chatter.
●
To
impose
upon by
talking
boastfully.
●
To
emit
gas.
●
To
impregnate
with gas.
●
To
singe
,
as in
a
gas
flame
,
so as to
remove
loose
fibers.
●
In American English:
To give a
vehicle
more
fuel
in order to
accelerate
it.
●
In American English:
To
fill
(a vehicle's
fuel tank
) with
fuel
.
Adj
●
Comical,
zany
;
fun
, amusing.
Name
●
A
commune
in Eure-et-Loir, France.
●
A
city
in Kansas.
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Origin
gas
English
gas
Dutch
Sourced from
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Rhymes
Gas
Ass
Wass
Mass
Pass
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