gassing

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of gas. Use it for an action going on, or to name the action.

   The crew was gassing the tunnels to drive out the rats.

   He was gassing on about his trip the whole drive home.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   Harm caused when someone breathes in poisonous gas.

   Like getting poisoned by something you breathe instead of something you eat.

   The gassing of the trapped workers happened before anyone noticed the leak.

   Doctors treated several cases of gassing from the chemical spill.

   Similarpoisoning, asphyxiation

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3. 3
   nounslanguncountable

   Boasting, or empty talk that means nothing.

   Like a balloon full of air: big but empty inside.

   His constant gassing about his car annoyed everyone at work.

   That's just gassing; he never really did any of it.

   Similarboasting, bragging, bluster, blather, bombast

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   The release of hydrogen gas from a battery that has been charged too much.

   Like bubbles forming in a soda when you shake it too much.

   Too much charging can cause gassing in the old battery.

   The mechanic noticed gassing and unplugged the charger right away.

5. 5
   noununcountable

   A way of cleaning cotton cloth by running it past small flames to burn off tiny loose threads.

   Like passing a thread quickly over a candle to burn off the fuzzy bits.

   The factory used gassing to make the cotton smooth and clean.

   After gassing, the fabric felt much softer to the touch.

   Similarsingeing

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6. 6
   noununcountable

   Any process that burns off loose fibers by lightly singeing the surface of a material.

   Like singeing the tiny hairs off your sweater to make it look new.

   The workshop used gassing to clean the fuzz off the new rope.

   A quick gassing left the surface smooth and free of stray threads.

   Similarsingeing

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