Gas

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.
 * 1)  A chemical element or compound in such a state.
 * The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.
 * 1)  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.
 * Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
 * 1)  A hob on a gas cooker.
 * She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.
 * My tummy hurts so bad, I have gas.
 * 1)  A humorous or entertaining event or person.
 * He is such a gas!
 * 1)  A fastball.
 * The closer threw him nothing but gas.

Synonyms

 * vapor / vapour
 * wind, fart (when gas is released)

Derived terms

 * cooking with gas
 * gas giant
 * gaslight


 * gasometer
 * LP gas
 * natural gas


 * shale gas

Verb

 * 1) To kill with poisonous gas.
 * 2) To talk, chat.
 * 3) To emit gas.
 * The battery cell was gassing.

Noun

 * 1)  Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.

Synonyms

 * gasoline, petrol

Related terms

 * gas-guzzler
 * gasohol
 * gas up
 * gasoline

Verb

 * 1) 🇺🇸 To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
 *  The cops are coming. Gas it!
 * 1) 🇺🇸 To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel

Adjective

 * 1)  comical, zany.
 * Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
 * It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.

Adjectives for Gas
illuminating; foul; lethal; vivifying; incandescent; subtle; insidious; continuous; nebulous; congealed; fermenting; beneficent; transmuted; superseded; liquefied; mystery; deadly; noxious; injurious; rarefied; offensive; healthful.

Verbs for Gas
accumulate—; battle—; bottle—; burn—; develop—; exhale—; guard against—; inhale—; isolate—; overcome by—; saturate with—;  —asphyxiates;   —emerges;   — escapes; —expands; —flows; —fouls; — lifts; —poisons; —rises; —seeps in; —fuels.

Thesaurus
acetylene, advance against, advance upon, aerodynamics, air, alcohol, ammonia, argon, asphyxiating gas, atmosphere, avgas, babble, babblement, baloney, bavardage, bear down upon, belch, benzine, best seller, bibble-babble, big hit, big talk, bilge, blab, blabber, blah, blah-blah, blather, blether, blethers, bop, bosh, brilliant success, briquette, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunker, bunkum, burnable, burp, butane, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, cater, charcoal, chat, chatter, chitter-chatter, chlorine, clack, clatter, coal, coal gas, coal oil, coke, combustible, counterattack, crap, crude, crude oil, dither, dope, drive, drivel, drool, electricity, eructation, ethane, ethanol, ether, ethyl, ethyl gas, ethylene, fad, fancy talk, fart, feed, fill up, fine talk, fireball, firing, fish story, flammable, flammable material, flank, flapdoodle, flatulence, flatulency, flatuosity, flatus, fluid, fluorine, forage, formaldehyde, fossil oil, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope, gab, gabble, gas carbon, gas up, gasoline, gasser, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gossip, great success, guff, gup, gush, halogen gas, haver, helium, heptane, hexane, hiccup, high-octane gas, high-test, highfalutin, highfaluting, hit, hogwash, hokum, hooey, hot air, hydrogen, idle talk, illuminant, illuminating gas, inert gas, infiltrate, inflammable, inflammable material, isooctane, jabber, jaw, jazz, jet fuel, kerosene, killing, krypton, launch an attack, lead-free gas, lewisite, light source, low-lead gas, luminant, malarkey, march against, march upon, marsh gas, mere talk, meteoric success, methane, methanol, momentary success, moonshine, motor oil, mount an attack, mustard gas, natter, natural gas, neon, nitrogen, nonsense talk, octane, oil, open an offensive, oxygen, ozone, palaver, paraffin, patter, peat, pentane, petrol, petroleum, piffle, pneumatics, poison gas, poppycock, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle, premium gas, prittle-prattle, propane, propellant, provender, provision, purvey, push, radon, ramble on, rattle, rattle on, reel off, regular, resounding triumph, riot, roaring success, rock oil, rocket fuel, rot, run on, scat, sell, sensation, sewer gas, shit, smash, smash hit, spout, spout off, strike, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, tall story, tall talk, thrust, tittle-tattle, tommyrot, top off, tripe, triumph, turf, twaddle, twattle, vapor, victual, waffle, wind, wow, xenon, yak, yakkety-yak

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/g{s/}}
 * , {{SAMPA|/g{s/}}

Etymology 1
From gas:, a word coined by chemist Van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by Dutch & Flemish gheest "breath, vapour, spirit" or from χάος:. More at ghost, ghastly

Etymology 2
Shortened from gasoline:.

Etymology 3
Confer slang term "a gas", above.

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: գազ (gaz)
 * Belarusian:
 * Bosnian: gas
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 * Georgian: გაზი
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 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: गैस
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 * Italian:
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 * Korean:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: dujos
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 * Russian:
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 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ก๊าซ, แก๊ส
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:, فارغہ
 * Vietnamese: khí tê, khí,
 * Welsh:
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 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: גזים
 * Japanese:
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 * Romanian:
 * Russian: газы
 * Swedish: gaser
 * Turkish:


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Noun

 * Armenian:
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 * Volapük: bänsin

Anagrams

 * GSA, SAG, sag, SGA

Noun

 * 1) gas
 * 2)  liquefied petroleum gas

Derived terms

 * gasleiding
 * gasvormig
 * gasvorming

Noun

 * 1) gas

Synonyms

 * vapor

Derived terms

 * gas nobre

Related terms

 * gasoso

Noun

 * 1) gas (state of matter)

Noun

 * 1) gas

Noun

 * 1) gas

Noun

 * 1) stalk

Noun

 * 1) gas (state of matter, petroleum)
 * 2) petrol
 * 3) poison gas

Synonyms

 * benzina (petroleum)

Related terms

 * gasare
 * gasolina
 * gassare
 * gassificare
 * gassista
 * gassometro
 * gassoso

Noun

 * 1)  gas (state of matter)

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) tree

Noun

 * 1)  gas (state of matter)
 * 2) gas (as fuel for combustion engines
 * 3)  acceleration
 * 4) * dȁti gȃs - “give gas”: accelerate
 * 5) gas pedal, accelerator

Synonyms

 * plȋn (Croatian)

Noun

 * 1) gas

Noun

 * 1) gas; a state of matter
 * 2) gas; a compound or element in such a state
 * 3) gas; gaseous fuels
 * 4)  gas; waste gas

Derived terms

 * avgas
 * biogas
 * gasbehållare
 * gasformig
 * gasledning
 * gaslykta
 * gaslåga
 * gasverk
 * ge gas / ge mer gas / gasa. To accelerate a motor vehicle.
 * ha gaser
 * naturgas
 * rötgas
 * stadsgas
 * sumpgas

Noun

 * 1) gas