gasser

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English

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Etymology

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From gas +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gasser (plural gassers)

  1. One who gasses, or poisons with gas.
    • 1969, John Michael Hinton, Experiences: An Inquiry Into Some Ambiguities, page 292:
      Poison-gas fortunately proved to be a two-edged weapon when it was used on the battlefield. [] The wind could turn about to gas the gassers.
  2. (slang) Something highly entertaining or remarkable.
  3. A kind of hot rod based on production models from the 1930s to mid-1960s, stripped of extraneous weight and jacked up using a truck beam axle to provide better weight distribution on acceleration.
    1. More generally, any car or truck that runs on pump gas, as opposed to diesel fuel, racing fuel, or a car with an electric motor.

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Adjective

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gasser

  1. (rare) comparative form of gas: more gas
    • 2015 April 29, "ni_ni_niamh", Photo comment Instagram:
      This picture makes me miss seeing my friends every single day and thinking were [sic] gasser than we are ️♥ ♥ muchos lovos galpals
    • 2015 August 20, Kate Carr, Photo comment Instagram:
      A gasser night than oxygen [recte Oxegen] 🐮 #ASolidAgCrew #AMess

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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gasser m (definite singular gasseren, indefinite plural gassere, definite plural gasserne)

  1. a Madagascan or Malagasy (person from Madagascar)

Synonyms

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Noun

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gasser m

  1. indefinite plural of gass
  2. indefinite plural of gasse

Verb

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gasser

  1. present of gasse