Antonyms for gassed up
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : gas |
| Phonetic Transcription : gæs |
Definition of gassed 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 jazzed-up : adj souped up
- As in fuel : verb give energy to
- There's some fellers in there, all gassed up, but we were in there a while back an' it didn't hurt us.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930 » by Victor Rousseau
- They landed at Love Field, Tex., gassed up, and taxied out to take off again.
- Extract from : « Test Pilot » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
- I took matters into my own hands and flew back to the municipal airport and gassed up.
- Extract from : « Test Pilot » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
- So I gassed up the buggy, turned the nose East, and took off like a man with a purpose in mind.
- Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
Synonyms for gassed up
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