very amusing or entertaining:Ruthie, that’s gas—you’re a gem
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1an air-like fluid substance which expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity:hot balls of gas that become stars [count noun]:poisonous gases
Physics a gaseous substance that cannot be liquefied by the application of pressure alone.Compare with vapour.
a flammable gas used as a fuel:cooking is done by bottled gas
a gaseous anaesthetic such as nitrous oxide, used in dentistry.
gas or vapour used as a poisonous agent in warfare:gas was one of the most dreaded weapons of the war
North American gas generated in the alimentary canal; flatulence.
Mining an explosive mixture of firedamp with air.
2North American informalshort for gasoline.we stopped for gas
used in reference to power or the accelerator of a car:I ordered my friend to step on the gas
3 (a gas) informal an entertaining or amusing person or situation:the party would be a gas
[mass noun]Irish enjoyment, amusement, or fun:it was great gas in the club last night
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1kill or harm by exposure to gas:my son was gassed at Verdun
[no object] (of a storage battery or dry cell) give off gas: (as noun gassing)the maintenance-free charger controls the input without inducing gassing
2 [no object] informal talk excessively about trivial matters:I thought you’d never stop gassing
3North American informal fill the tank of (a motor vehicle) with petrol:after gassing up the car, he went into the restaurant
run out of gas
North American informal run out of energy; lose momentum:as a humorist he ran out of gas years ago
