adj
Meaning 1
Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gaseous, gasiferous, gaslike
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gassy
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡæsi/
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New-Zealand: /ˈɡɛsi/
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rhymes with -æsi
adj
Meaning 2
Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
Containing dissolved gas (usually carbon dioxide); fizzy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: specifically
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gaseous, gasiferous, gaslike, bubbly, carbonated, effervescent, sparkling, abubble, bubblesome, ebullient, fizzy, foamy, frothy, gassy, sparkly, spumescent
Antonyms: flat, noncarbonated, uncarbonated, ungassy, ineffervescent, noneffervescent, nonsparkling, still, uneffervescent, unfizzy
adj
Meaning 3
Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
Tending to burp; burpy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: specifically
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gaseous, gasiferous, gaslike
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
Tending to release flatus; flatulent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: specifically
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gaseous, gasiferous, gaslike, farty, flatulent
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Tending to cause flatulence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Beans are a gassy food.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: farty
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Tending to be long-winded or wordy, especially in a boastful and vain manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: circumlocutory, diffuse, periphrastic, palaverous, pleonastic, prolix, rigmarole, sesquipedalian, verbose, wordy
Antonyms: taciturn, reticent, unloquacious, untalkative, quiet, reserved, silent, silentious
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: colicky, flatulent
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
resembling gas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From gas + -y. Doublet of chaotic.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kaasupitoinen — containing gas
- Galician: gasoso — containing gas
- Georgian: აირადი (airadi) — containing gas
- Ancient Greek: ἀερώδης (aerṓdēs) — containing gas
- Italian: gasoso — containing gas
- Italian: gassoso — containing gas
- Portuguese: gasoso — containing gas
- Romanian: gazos — containing gas
- Spanish: gaseoso — containing gas
- Belarusian: газірава́ны (haziravány) — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Bulgarian: гази́ран (gazíran) — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Czech: šumivý — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Czech: perlivý — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Finnish: kupliva — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Finnish: kaasupitoinen — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- French: gazeux — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Georgian: გაზირებული (gazirebuli) — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- German: gasförmig — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Hungarian: szénsavas — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Hungarian: buborékos — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Irish: gásach — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Italian: gassoso — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Polish: gazowany — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Portuguese: espumante — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Russian: газиро́ванный (gaziróvannyj) — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Spanish: gaseoso — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Spanish: espumante — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Ukrainian: газо́ваний (hazóvanyj) — of a beverage: containing dissolved gas
- Czech: nadýmavý — tending to cause flatulence
- Tagalog: ututin — tending to cause flatulence