GASSY
What does "GASSY" mean?
Full of, producing, or resembling gas.
Meanings
- Producing or full of intestinal or stomach gas. Beans always make him a little gassy. informal
- Containing or charged with gas, such as a fizzy drink. The soda was warm and unpleasantly gassy. informal
- Resembling gas, or having a gaseous quality or smell. A faint gassy odor told them the burner had been left on.
- Full of empty, boastful, or long-winded talk. His speeches were gassy and short on substance. informal
Did you know?
- The root of 'gassy' is one of the few words deliberately invented by a single scientist: 17th-century chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont coined 'gas' from the Greek 'chaos'.
Word origin
From 'gas' (coined in the early 17th century by Flemish chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont, who based it on Greek 'chaos') plus the adjective suffix '-y'.
Remember it
GASSY hisses with its double-S - the sound escaping gas actually makes.
A little poem
The speech was long, the substance thin and rare-
a lot of pressure building into air.
couplet
Wordplay
- The politician's speech was very gassy. The crowd agreed it was full of hot air - and so, apparently, was his lunch.
What it teaches
Pressure with nothing behind it makes noise, not substance - in stomachs and in speeches alike.
Quick facts
What does GASSY mean?
Full of, producing, or resembling gas.
Is GASSY a valid word?
Yes — GASSY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GASSY?
GASSY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does GASSY come from?
From 'gas' (coined in the early 17th century by Flemish chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont, who based it on Greek 'chaos') plus the adjective suffix '-y'.
What can GASSY teach us?
Pressure with nothing behind it makes noise, not substance - in stomachs and in speeches alike.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.