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gas
  1. (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.
  2. (chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
  3. (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.
  4. (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
  5. (US) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.
  6. (slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
  7. (baseball) A fastball.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “Fumigation gas contains toxins that inherently carry a risk of harm.”
      “In this country, it is against the law to pass gas in public and blame it on the person next to you.”
      “Cunningham was worried that he was burning too much fuel and that he'd eventually run out of gas.”
gassing
gasser
  1. One who gasses, or poisons with gas.
  2. (slang) Something highly entertaining or remarkable.
  3. A kind of hot rod based on production models from the 1930s to mid-1960s, stripped of extraneous weight and jacked up using a truck beam axle to provide better weight distribution on acceleration.
    1. More generally, any car or truck that runs on pump gas, as opposed to diesel fuel, racing fuel, or a car with an electric motor.
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gas
  1. (uncountable, US) Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
  2. (US) Gas pedal.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Fumigation gas contains toxins that inherently carry a risk of harm.”
      “In this country, it is against the law to pass gas in public and blame it on the person next to you.”
      “Cunningham was worried that he was burning too much fuel and that he'd eventually run out of gas.”
gassiness
  1. The state or property of being gassy.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “To reduce sodium, gassiness and that canned taste, pour off the canning liquid, rinse the beans in cold water, then drain.”
      “Bacteria are always at the root of bowel problems, such as pain, bloating and gassiness.”
      “The wine is kept in an inert atmosphere to protect it from contact with the air thus preserving its aromas and slight natural gassiness.”
gaseousness
  1. The condition of being gaseous
  2. Examples:
    1. “Both the gaseousness of the companion galaxy and how recently the event took place are unusual, said the astronomers.”
gaseity
  1. (archaic) The state of being a gas.
gasses
gassings
  1. plural of gassing
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  3. Examples:
    1. “We have lived through Crusades, Spanish inquisitions, blood libels, pogroms, persecutions, mass murders, and gassings.”
      “The hair was shorn after the gassings, then efficiently dried in the crematoria so it could be industrially spun into carpeting.”
gaseities
  1. plural of gaseity
gassers
gases
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