gasser
/ɡˈæsɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kind of hot rod based on production models from the 1930s to mid-1960s, stripped of extraneous weight and jacked up using a truck beam axle to provide better weight distribution on acceleration.
noun
A kind of hot rod based on production models from the 1930s to mid-1960s, stripped of extraneous weight and jacked up using a truck beam axle to provide better weight distribution on acceleration.
adj
comparative form of gas: more gas
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Poison-gas fortunately proved to be a two-edged weapon when it was used on the battlefield. […] The wind could turn about to gas the gassers."
- "Gassers and allied industry personnel from coast to coast should plan to attend the trade show and each of the convention business sessions."
- "This picture makes me miss seeing my friends every single day and thinking were [sic] gasser than we are ️♥ ♥ muchos lovos galpals"
- "A gasser night than oxygen [recte Oxegen] 🐮 #ASolidAgCrew #AMess"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English gasser From gas + -er.
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half-gasser