Antonyms for gas up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : gas |
| Phonetic Transcription : gæs |
Definition of gas up
Origin :- 1650s, from Dutch gas, probably from Greek khaos "empty space" (see chaos). The sound of Dutch "g" is roughly equivalent to that of Greek "kh." First used by Flemish chemist J.B. van Helmont (1577-1644), probably influenced by Paracelsus, who used khaos in an occult sense of "proper elements of spirits" or "ultra-rarified water," which was van Helmont's definition of gas.
- Modern scientific sense began 1779, with later specialization to "combustible mix of vapors" (1794, originally coal gas); "anesthetic" (1894, originally nitrous oxide); and "poison gas" (1900). Meaning "intestinal vapors" is from 1882. "The success of this artificial word is unique" [Weekley]. Slang sense of "empty talk" is from 1847; slang meaning "something exciting or excellent" first attested 1953, from earlier hepster slang gasser in the same sense (1944). Gas also meant "fun, a joke" in Anglo-Irish and was used so by Joyce (1914). As short for gasoline, it is American English, first recorded 1905.
- As in fuel : verb give energy to
- She turned the gas up in her little sitting-room, and sank wearily into an easy chair.
- Extract from : « Anna the Adventuress » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Suppose you send a current of gas up into this sewing-thimble: it can find an exit only by turning backward.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XXVI., December, 1880. » by Various
- Then you let bubbles of the gas up into the jar, and they turn out the water and take its place.
- Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 » by Various
Synonyms for gas up
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