gas
/ɡæs/
noun
- A substance like air that is not solid or liquid, used for fuel or heating.
- Helium is a gas that makes balloons float.
- We need to fill the car with gas before the trip.
- The stove runs on natural gas.
- The fuel used in a vehicle, especially gasoline.
- My car gets good gas mileage.
- The price of gas has gone up again.
- I stopped at the station to buy gas.
- A pedal in a vehicle that controls speed (short for accelerator).
- The driver stepped on the gas and the car zoomed ahead.
- Press the gas to go faster.
- He took his foot off the gas as he approached the curve.
- A type of gas used in medicine to make people unconscious or to help them breathe.
- Oxygen gas is supplied through a mask.
- The patient was given gas before the surgery.
- The dentist used laughing gas to relax me.
Synonyms
verb
- To poison or kill someone with gas.
- The soldiers were gassed during the attack.
- They used chemicals to gas the pests in the building.
- The factory accidentally gassed the nearby town.
- To fill a vehicle with fuel.
- We stopped to gas the truck at the station.
- He gassed the lawnmower before cutting the grass.
- I need to gas up the car before we leave.
- To talk a lot, often in an idle or boastful way (informal).
- They spent the whole afternoon gassing about old times.
- Stop gassing and get to work!
- He was gassing on the phone for hours.