gasper

gas·per

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [gas-per, gah-sper]
- /ˈgæs pər, ˈgɑ spər/
- /ˈɡæ.spə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gas-per, gah-sper]
- /ˈgæs pər, ˈgɑ spər/

Definitions of gasper word

noun gasper a cigarette. 1
noun gasper A person or animal that gasps. 1
noun gasper a person who gasps 0
noun gasper a cheap cigarette 0
noun gasper something that shocks one or causes one to gasp in astonishment 0
noun gasper (Slang) (Britain) A cigarette. 0

See all 8 definitions of gasper

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Origin of gasper

First appearance:

before 1910

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1910-15; gasp + -er1

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Parts of speech for Gasper

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Gasper

gasper popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for gasper

noun gasper

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.
puff — a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath.
butt — Someone's butt is their bottom.
reefer — a refrigerator, especially one large enough to be walked into.
cubeb — a SE Asian treelike piperaceous woody climbing plant, Piper cubeba, with brownish berries

All 7 Synonyms of gasper