gas

Noun

• a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes

• a pedal that controls the throttle valve
  • he stepped on the gas
    

• a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal

• a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

• a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely

• the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container

Verb

• show off

• attack with gas; subject to gas fumes
  • The despot gassed the rebellious tribes
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  natural gas , accelerator , accelerator pedal , gas pedal , throttle , gun , flatulence , flatulency , gasoline , gasolene , petrol , gaseous state