gas vs talk

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. 

talk

verb
  • To communicate, usually by means of speech. 

  • To discuss; to talk about. 

  • To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner. 

  • To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself. 

  • To gossip; to create scandal. 

  • Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned. 

  • To speak (a certain language). 

  • To confess, especially implicating others. 

noun
  • A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child. 

  • Empty boasting, promises or claims. 

  • A lecture. 

  • A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal. 

  • A major topic of social discussion. 

  • Meeting to discuss a particular matter. 

  • A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it. 

  • Gossip; rumour. 

How often have the words gas and talk occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )