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- [gas]
- /gæs/
- /ɡæs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [gas]
- /gæs/
Definitions of gas word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of GAS GNU assembler 3
- noun plural gas Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid. 1
- noun plural gas any such fluid or mixture of fluids. 1
- noun plural gas any such fluid used as an anesthetic, as nitrous oxide: Did the dentist give you gas for your extraction? 1
- noun plural gas any such combustible fluid used as fuel: Light the gas in the oven. 1
- noun plural gas Automotive. gasoline. Also called gas pedal. the foot-operated accelerator of an automotive vehicle: Take your foot off the gas. 1
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Origin of gas
First appearance:
before 1650 One of the 45% oldest English words
1650-60; coined by J. B. van Helmont (1577-1644), Flemish chemist; suggested by Greek cháos atmosphere
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Parts of speech for Gas
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gas popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
gas usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gas
noun gas
- vapor — a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs.
- smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- fumes — Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; noxious fumes of carbon monoxide.
- effluvium — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- miasma — noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
verb gas
- cock-a-doodle-doo — an imitation or representation of a cock crowing
- ko — a knockout in boxing.
- in flames — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- gassed — drunk.
- etherize — Anesthetize (a person or animal) with ether.
adjective gas
- knee-slapper — a joke evoking boisterous hilarity.
- side-splitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
- rioter — a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- entertaining — Providing amusement or enjoyment.
- gasser — Herbert Spencer, 1888–1963, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1944.
Antonyms for gas
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