Gas Definition and Meaning

Used metaphorically to describe something exciting or excellent.

A term used in colloquial language to refer to gasoline.

Informal for talking excessively or boasting.

In biology, a product of respiration or digestion, like oxygen or carbon dioxide.

A form of matter that does not have a definite volume or shape.

A term in chemistry for a substance that will spread out freely to fill any available space.

A fuel, such as natural gas or propane, used for heating or cooking.

Air-like substances that can be toxic or harmful, such as chlorine gas.

In physics, one of the four fundamental states of matter.

A substance in a form that expands to fill any container without a fixed shape.

The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by relatively low density and viscosity, relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature, the ability to diffuse readily, and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container.

A substance in the gaseous state.

Any of various mixtures of flammable gases used for lighting, heating, or cooking.

Gasoline.

The speed control of a gasoline engine. Used with the

A gaseous asphyxiant, irritant, or poison.

A gaseous anesthetic, such as nitrous oxide.

Flatulence.

Flatus.

(Slang) Idle or boastful talk.

(Slang) Someone or something exceptionally exciting or entertaining

To treat chemically with gas.

To overcome, disable, or kill with poisonous fumes.

To give off gas.

(Slang) To talk excessively.

Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.

(uncountable) 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.

Poison gas.

A chemical element or compound in such a state.

(countable) A hob on a gas cooker.

(uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.

(slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.

(slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.

(baseball) A fastball.

Marijuana, typically of high quality.

, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.

Ellipsis of gas pedal

An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.

(transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.

To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.

To impose upon by talking boastfully.

(intransitive) To emit gas.

(transitive) To impregnate with gas.

(transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.

(US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.

(US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.

(slang) comical, zany; fun, amusing.

An aëriform fluid; - a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aëriform state.

A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.

Same as gasoline; - a shortened form. Also, the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term " step on the gas".

The accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term " step on the gas".

Same as natural gas.

An exceptionally enjoyable event; a good time; as, The concert was a gas.

To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers; as, to gas thread.

To impregnate with gas; as, to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder.

To expose to a poisonous or noxious gas

The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container

A fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely

A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal

A pedal that controls the throttle valve;

A fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes

Attack with gas; subject to gas fumes;

Show off

Gas, smoke, or vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale.

The vapor into which water is converted when heated, forming a white mist of minute water droplets in the air.

A suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in air or another gas.

A substance diffused or suspended in the air, especially one normally liquid or solid.

Waste gases or air expelled from an engine, turbine, or another machine in the course of its operation.

Fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants.

A cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface that limits visibility (to a lesser extent than fog).

An unpleasant or harmful odor, secretion, or discharge.

A substance or form of radiation given off by something.

The production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.

To refill a vehicle's fuel tank.

To hurry up or go faster.

The pedal in a vehicle that controls the engine's power.

To lose energy or become exhausted.

A place where fuel for vehicles is sold.

A sealed room used for executing prisoners with poisonous gas.

To apply pressure or speed up a process.

A polite way of saying to expel intestinal gas.

A vehicle that consumes fuel inefficiently.

To make a situation worse.

A large planet composed mostly of gases.

An accidental release of gas, usually dangerous.

Someone who talks excessively and pointlessly.

Money given to contribute to fuel costs.

In a state of excitement or high energy.

Very quickly or instantaneously.

To refuel quickly without other services.

Laughing gas makes you feel giddy and lighthearted.

The balloon floated away because it was filled with helium gas.

Scientists study various gases in the atmosphere to understand climate change.

Our house is heated by natural gas.

Gas stoves are preferred by many chefs for cooking.

The factory's emissions released harmful gases into the air.

The dentist used laughing gas to help the patient relax.

The car won't start because it's out of gas.

When water boils, it turns into steam, which is a gas.

In space, there are vast clouds of gas and dust.

During the experiment, we observed the gas produced by the chemical reaction.

Gas molecules move faster when heated.

The gas leak in the building caused an evacuation.

Carbon dioxide is a gas that plants use for photosynthesis.

Gasoline, or gas for short, is essential for most vehicles.