gaslight
(noun) light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gaslight (countable and uncountable, plural gaslights) (Britain, historical)
A lamp which operates by burning piped illuminating gas.
Synonym: gas lamp (US)
The light produced by the burning gas in such a lamp.
• lamp
• light
gaslight (third-person singular simple present gaslights, present participle gaslighting, simple past and past participle gaslit or gaslighted)
(transitive) To manipulate (someone) psychologically such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity, thereby evoking in them cognitive dissonance and low self-esteem.
Synonym: head-game
Source: Wiktionary
Gas"light`, n.
1. The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.
2. A gas jet or burner.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 May 2025
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
