# gasser

Pronunciation: say "GAS-er" US /ˈɡæsɚ/, UK /ˈɡæsə/; AUS say "GAS-uh"

## Noun

1. Something hugely entertaining or remarkable; a thing or event that delights everyone. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Something that is a lot of fun or very exciting.
   - _The whole evening turned out to be a gasser, with jokes flying all night._
   - _Critics called the concert a gasser, praising its nonstop energy._
2. A person who gasses others, or who poisons with gas.
   - Simple: A person who poisons or attacks others using gas.
   - _The gasser opened the valves and flooded the chamber with poison._
   - _Wartime accounts condemned the gasser responsible for the attack on the village._
3. Any car or truck that runs on pump gas, as opposed to diesel fuel, racing fuel, or an electric motor.
   - Simple: A car or truck that runs on regular gas, not diesel, racing fuel, or electricity.
   - _He kept his gasser tuned for the daily commute across town._
   - _The fleet was a mix of diesels and gassers, with no electric vehicles yet._
4. A hot rod made from a car built between the 1930s and mid-1960s, stripped down to save weight and raised on a truck beam axle to distribute weight better when accelerating.
   - Simple: A stripped-down old car raised up high and built for quick, hard starts in a race.
   - _His prized gasser sat high on its solid front axle, ready for the next run._
   - _Collectors prize period-correct gassers that still wear their original nose-up stance._

## Adjective

5. Comparative form of gas. Rare slang. *(slang)* — comparative form of gas: more gas
   - Simple: Comparative form of gas. It is rare slang meaning more fun or more amusing.

## Origin

Formed from "gas" combined with the suffix "-er".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/gasser (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).