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gassings

gassings is the plural of gassing.

Meaning of gassing

Noun

gassing (usually uncountable, plural gassings)

  1. (usually) Poisoning by noxious gas.
  2. (usually) The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte.
  3. (historical, usually) The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres.
  4. (usually) Any similar process of singeing.
  5. (slang, usually) boasting; insincere or empty talk
    • 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.1940, Christina Stead, The Man who Loved Children

Questions about gassings

What is gassings the plural of?
Gassings is the plural of gassing.

Words near gassings in the dictionary

  1. gassing
  2. gassing and dashing
  3. gassing and going
  4. gassing out
  5. gassing up
  6. gassings
  7. Gasslitter
  8. Gasslitters
  9. Gassman
  10. Gassmann
  11. Gassmanns

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