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Meaning of gassing

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

gassing

Pronunciation:

verb

Definitions

  1. To kill with poisonous gas.

  2. To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.

  3. To impose upon by talking boastfully.

  4. To emit gas.

    Example: The battery cell was gassing.

verb

Definitions

  1. To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.

    Example: The cops are coming. Gas it!

    Synonyms:enhit the gasstep on the gas
  2. To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.

    Synonyms:refuel

noun

Definitions

  1. Poisoning by noxious gas.

  2. The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte.

  3. The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres.

  4. Any similar process of singeing.