gassy

[ gas-ee ]

adjective

, gas·si·er, gas·si·est.

1. full of or containing gas.
2. resembling gas.
3. flatulent.
4. Slang. given to idle, empty talk.

gassy

/ ˈɡæsɪ /

adjective

1. filled with, containing, or resembling gas
2. informal.
   full of idle or vapid talk

Derived Forms

• ˈgassiness, noun

Other Words From

• gassi·ness noun
• non·gassy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gassy¹

First recorded in 1750–60; gas + -y ¹

Example Sentences

On his 100th birthday, Colin meets his gassy death before being reborn as a baby that burst from the abdomen of his corpse.

From Los Angeles Times

The 2022 study focused directly on Jupiter's cyclones, but Siegelman also saw wispy tendrils, known to researchers as filaments, in the spaces between the gassy vortices.

From Science Daily

A pantomime has come under fire for a song saying vegans are "annoying, anaemic, and gassy".

From BBC

The controversy surrounds a song which says the "g" in the word vegan stands for gassy and the "a for anaemic or annoying".

From BBC

The kitchen in my graduate school apartment was far from perfect — a thin galley corridor where stubby gray carpet gave way to yellowing linoleum, on top of which sat a temperamental oven and one stovetop burner that would respond to any coaxing with only a gasping, gassy hiss — but I trusted Sam Sifton when he wrote, over a decade ago, that there was no reason to fear.

From Salon

Related Words

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