high-test

[ hahy-test ]

adjective

1. (of gasoline) boiling at a relatively low temperature.

high-test

1. Relating to highly volatile high-octane gasoline.

Word History and Origins

Origin of high-test¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Camping just a few miles from Cap Rock, I sat by a roaring fire — no five gallons of high-test gas needed — a kaleidoscope of purples fading to black in the sky.

From Los Angeles Times

From there, they drove to Cap Rock in Joshua Tree, where Kaufman doused the coffin with five gallons of high-test gasoline and lit a match.

From Los Angeles Times

From there, they drove to Cap Rock in Joshua Tree, where Kaufman doused the coffin with five gallons of high-test gasoline and lit a match.

From Los Angeles Times

Camping just a few miles from Cap Rock, I sat by a roaring fire — no five gallons of high-test gas needed — a kaleidoscope of purples fading to black in the sky.

From Los Angeles Times

"The dishwasher it goes through is high-test and super-soapy and that's going to kill bacteria of any kind; it took us a solid year to start to dispel this myth."

From Salon