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(uncountable, chemistry) Matter in a state intermediate 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.
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, title= (countable, chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
(uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.
(countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
(US) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.
(slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
(baseball) A fastball.
To kill with poisonous .
To talk, chat.
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, title=, chapter=1
, passage=[…] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”}}
To emit gas.
(uncountable, US) Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
(US) gas pedal
(US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
(US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel
(Ireland, colloquial) comical, zany.
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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As a noun gas
is goose.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.gas
English
(wikipedia gas)Etymology 1
From (etyl) gas, a word coined by chemist . From (etyl) .Noun
Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)
The Adaptable Gas Turbine, passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo'', meaning ''vortex , and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}
Synonyms
* (state of matter) vapor / vapour * (digestive process) wind, fart (when gas is released) (qualifier)Derived terms
* cooking with gas * gas giant * gaslight * gasometer * LP gas * natural gas * shale gasSee also
* fluid * liquid * solidVerb
Etymology 2
Shortening of (gasoline).Noun
(-)Synonyms
* (gasoline) gasoline (US), petrol (British) * See also .Verb
- The cops are coming. Gas it!
Synonyms
* (accelerate) step on the gas, hit the gas * (filll fuel tank) refuelEtymology 3
Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above.Adjective
(-)- Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
- It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.