gas
- Noun. (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 held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.
- Noun. (countable, chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
- Noun. (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.
- Noun. (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
- Noun. (US) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.
- Noun. (slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
- Noun. (baseball) A fastball.
- Verb. To kill with poisonous gas.
- Verb. To talk, chat.
- Verb. To emit gas.
- Noun. (uncountable, US) Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
- Verb. (US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
- Verb. (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
- Adjective. (Ireland, colloquial) comical, zany.
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