GASSY

colicky, flatulent, gassy

(adjective) suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal

gassy

(adjective) resembling gas

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

gassy (comparative gassier, superlative gassiest)

Having the nature of, or containing, gas.

Synonyms: gaseous, gasiferous (one sense), gaslike

(specifically) Of a beverage: containing dissolved gas (usually carbon dioxide); fizzy.

Synonyms: bubbly, carbonated (if the gas is carbon dioxide), effervescent, sparkling, Thesaurus:effervescent

Antonyms: flat, noncarbonated, uncarbonated (if the gas is carbon dioxide), ungassy, Thesaurus:noneffervescent

(specifically) Of a person: tending to burp; burpy.

(specifically) Of a person: tending to release flatus; flatulent.

Synonym: farty

Of food or drink: tending to cause flatulence.

Synonym: farty

(figuratively, informal) Tending to be long-winded or wordy, especially in a boastful and vain manner.

Synonym: Thesaurus:verbose

Antonym: Thesaurus:taciturn

Source: Wiktionary


Gas"sy, a.

Definition: Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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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.

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