Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gassing

/ɡˈæsɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: gassing
IPA: /ɡˈæsɪŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of gas

noun

Poisoning by noxious gas.

Uncountable

noun

The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte.

Uncountable

noun

The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres.

Uncountable

noun

Any similar process of singeing.

Uncountable

noun

boasting; insincere or empty talk

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He bent over her shoulder and read, Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, I can't stand your gassing, oh, what a windbag, what will shut you up, shut up, shut up. And so ad infinitum. He was terribly hurt."

Usage

Inflected Forms

gassings (plural)

Derived Forms

antigassing

Phrases

off-gassing

Rhymes With

passing harassing surpassing amassing massing classing kassing

Questions

How do you pronounce gassing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈæsɪŋ/.
What does gassing mean?: present participle and gerund of gas

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