gas vs gossip

gas

verb
  • To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter. 

  • To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel. 

  • To attack or kill with poison gas. 

  • To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it. 

  • To impose upon by talking boastfully. 

  • To emit gas. 

  • To impregnate with gas. 

  • To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers. 

noun
  • Arterial or venous blood gas. 

  • Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel. 

  • An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions. 

  • Poison gas. 

  • A hob on a gas cooker. 

  • A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas. 

  • A humorous or entertaining event or person. 

  • Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus. 

  • Frothy or boastful talk; chatter. 

  • Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition. 

  • A fastball. 

  • Marijuana, typically of high quality. 

  • A chemical element or compound in such a state. 

  • A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder. 

adj
  • Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man. 

  • Comical, zany; fun, amusing. 

gossip

verb
  • To talk idly. 

  • To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information. 

noun
  • Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business. 

  • A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of a child. 

  • Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present. 

  • A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities. 

  • Idle conversation in general. 

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