name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A worker for a company that supplies gas (in the sense of the gaseous fuel), especially one who visits premises to read the meter, test appliances etc. colloquial

   "I spent all morning waiting for the gasman to call."

2. 2
   a man employed by a gas company wordnet
3. 3
   A man employed in the manufacture of gas.
4. 4
   The man who controls the lights of the stage.
5. 5
   A worthless person (male) slang

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Example

More examples

"I spent all morning waiting for the gasman to call."

Etymology

From gas + man.

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