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Grammar : Adj
Spell : gas-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæs i



Definition of gassy

Origin :
  • 1757, from gas + -y (2).
  • As in bubbly : adj sparkling
  • As in fizzy : adj effervescent
  • As in flamboyant : adj extravagant, theatrical
Example sentences :
  • The North Valley mines were especially "gassy," it appeared.
  • Extract from : « King Coal » by Upton Sinclair
  • We could put up a barricade, though, and cut off the gassy part of the mine.
  • Extract from : « The Boy With the U.S. Miners » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • Gassy curds have also been treated by washing the curd with cold water.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of dairy bacteriology » by H. L. Russell
  • This spot is historically known by the battery as “Gassy Gulch”.
  • Extract from : « Battery E in France » by Frederic R. Kilner
  • And the gassy effervescence that rises from the thin pipes of the little boys!
  • Extract from : « The Cathedral » by Joris-Karl Huysmans
  • Russell and Hastings found a lactose-splitting yeast in a severe outbreak of gassy cheese in a Swiss factory.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition » by H. L. Russell
  • A tale of how Gassy mysteriously disappeared, and how he came riding home on the back of an elephant.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Ferdinand Frog » by Arthur Scott Bailey
  • But there were two or three English nobs there who were so gassy in their style, that I forgot my Deutsch for the moment.
  • Extract from : « Down the Rhine » by Oliver Optic
  • Not only gas-forming bacteria may be the cause of gassy cheese, but the lactose-fermenting yeasts may cause similar trouble.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of dairy bacteriology » by H. L. Russell
  • The coagulation should be smooth, free from whey and gassy pockets or bubbles.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Cheese » by Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk

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