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laughing gas

laughing gas noun: nitrous oxide, especially when used as an anaesthetic.

Noun

laughing gas (uncountable)

  1. Nitrous oxide, especially when used as an anaesthetic.
    • "You know how matters stand, dear," said he. "I have explained it also to our friends here. You're not afraid are you?" "It won't be painful, George?" "No more than laughing-gas at the dentist's."1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
    • ETSC’s Belgian member VIAS institute is calling for the development of a breath test to detect when a driver has consumed nitrous oxide, known as ‘laughing gas’.
      Call for breath tests to detect drivers under the influence of nitrous oxide, ETSC, 20 February 2024
    Synonyms:
    laughy gas

laughing gas meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

laughing gas in Hindi

laughing gas
द्विभूयाति जारेय dvibhūyāti jārey

laughing gas in Tamil

சிரிப்பூட்டும் வாயு, பல்மயக்க மருந்து

laughing gas in Malayalam

ചിരിവാതകം

laughing gas in Kannada

ನೈಟ್ರಸ್ ಆಕ್ಸೈಡ್, ನಗೆವಾಯು, ಲವಲವಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಉಂಟು ಮಾಡುವ ವಾಯು
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laughing gas in Thai
ก๊าซหัวเราะ gáas-hǔua-rɔ́, แก๊สหัวเราะ gɛ́ɛs-hǔua-rɔ́
laughing gas in Vietnamese
khí cười

Synonyms of laughing gas

Forms of laughing gas

alternative form (dated)laughing-gas

Origin of laughing gas

From its euphoric effects. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1799.

Questions about laughing gas

What does laughing gas mean?
Laughing gas means nitrous oxide, especially when used as an anaesthetic.
What is laughing gas in Hindi?
Laughing gas in Hindi is द्विभूयाति जारेय (dvibhūyāti jārey). See Laughing gas meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is laughing gas?
Laughing gas is a noun.

Words near laughing gas in the dictionary

  1. laughing dove
  2. laughing doves
  3. laughing down
  4. laughing falcon
  5. laughing falcons
  6. laughing gas
  7. laughing gear
  8. laughing geese
  9. laughing goose
  10. laughing group
  11. laughing groups

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: laughing gas (page history and authors); द्विभूयाति जारेय (Hindi) (page history and authors); laughing gas (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); laughing gas (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); laughing gas (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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