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Gassing

noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Poisoning by noxious gas. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas wordnet
  3. 3
    The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    the process of interacting with gas wordnet
  5. 5
    The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres. uncountable, usually
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  1. 6
    Any similar process of singeing. uncountable, usually
  2. 7
    boasting; insincere or empty talk slang, uncountable, usually

    "He bent over her shoulder and read, Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, I can't stand your gassing, oh, what a windbag, what will shut you up, shut up, shut up. And so ad infinitum. He was terribly hurt."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of gas form-of, gerund, participle, present

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