gas

noun15

1. •
   a substance such as air that is neither solid nor liquid, spreads out to fill any closed space it is in, and often cannot be seen

   • A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.
2. •
   Poison gas.

   • The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.
3. •
   A chemical element or compound in such a state.

   • The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.
4. •
   (US, Canada) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
5. •
   A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.

   • Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
6. •
   [before a noun] The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
7. •
   Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.

   • My tummy hurts so bad – I have gas.
8. •
   Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle.
9. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) A humorous or entertaining event, person, or thing.

   • Two more girls came in, one in bright pink stretch pants and the other in purple. “Man this place is a gas,” said pink. — 1963
10. •
    A hob on a gas cooker.

    • She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
11. •
    (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
12. •
    A fastball.

    • The closer threw him nothing but gas.
13. •
    (slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.

    • Bang, little boy, stop with the gas / Little T, man he chats up his ass — 2017
14. •
    An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.

    • The average “gas fee” – transaction cost – of an Ethereum transaction is between US$85 and US $156, according to crypto.com data. — 2021
15. •
    (informal) Arterial or venous blood gas.

verb9

1. •
   To attack or kill with poison gas.

   • The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.
   • He never fully recovered after he was gassed on the Western Front.
2. •
   To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.
3. •
   (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
4. •
   (US) To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.

   • The cops are coming. Gas it!
5. •
   (slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.

   • "Well don't keep on gassing about it," said Digory. — 1955
6. •
   To emit gas.

   • The battery cell was gassing.
7. •
   (slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully.

   • I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said ...(whaaat): "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam" ( don't gas me), "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam". — 2018
8. •
   To impregnate with gas.
9. •
   To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.

adjective2

1. •
   (slang) Comical, zany; fun, amusing.

   • Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
   • It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.
2. •
   (slang) Of high quality.

   • This food is gas.

noun3

1. •
   Acronym of group A Streptococcus.
2. •
   Acronym of gear acquisition syndrome
3. •
   (Philippines) Acronym of general academic strand, a strand under the academic track in senior high school.