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GASSY (gassier, gassiest)
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, gassiest Dictionary entry overview: What does gassy mean?
• GASSY (adjective)
The adjective GASSY has 2 senses:
1. resembling gas
2. suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
Familiarity information: GASSY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: gassiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling gas
Similar:
gaseous (existing as or having characteristics of a gas)
Derivation:
gas (the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
Synonyms:
Similar:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
Derivation:
gas (a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal)
Context examples
Stars of this caliber form from gassy, dusty clumps with initial masses dozens of times greater than the sun's; the 13 clumps spotted in NGC 7358, some of which lie along the edge of the mystery ring, all are more than 40 times more massive than the sun.
(Herschel sees budding stars and a giant, strange ring, NASA)
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