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gasser

1 American  
[gas-er] / ˈgæs ər /

noun

  1. Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.

  2. a person or thing that gasses.

Gasser 2 American  
[gas-er] / ˈgæs ər /

noun

  1. Herbert Spencer, 1888–1963, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1944.

Gasser 1 British  
/ ˈɡæsə /

noun

  1. Herbert Spencer. 1888–1963, US physiologist: shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1944) with Erlanger for work on electrical signs of nervous activity

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gasser 2 British  
/ ˈɡæsə /

noun

  1. a drilling or well that yields natural gas

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Etymology

Origin of gasser

First recorded in 1890–95; gas + -er 1

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