gas – English noun declension

English noun forms of gas

Noun: gas
Singulargas
Pluralgases; gasses

Sample Sentences

  • A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.
  • Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work. [2013 July–August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2013:]
  • Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
  • The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.
  • The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.
  • She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
  • My tummy hurts so bad – I have gas.
  • But anyone with that many large brown birds aroost in his cranium and that much gas in his bottom was clearly not a well person. [2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 72:]
  • Two more girls came in, one in bright pink stretch pants and the other in purple. “Man this place is a gas,” said pink. [1963 May, Gloria Steinem, “A Bunny's Tale”, in Show Magazine, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2017:]
  • No it really doesn't matter at all / Life's a gas / I hope it's going to last [1971, Marc Bolan, “Life's a Gas”, in Electric Warrior, performed by T. Rex:]
  • Money, it's a gas. Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash. [1973 March 1, “Money” (track 6), in The Dark Side of the Moon, performed by Pink Floyd:]
  • Once I had a love and it was a gas / Soon turned out had a heart of glass [1978, “Heart of Glass”, in Parallel Lines, performed by Blondie:]
  • Be a man, Be a man / Belsen was a gas / Be a man, kill someone [1979, “Belsen Was a Gas”, in The Great Rock ‛n’ Roll Swindle, performed by Sex Pistols:]
  • One two! I was born in a cross-fire hurricane. And I howled at the maw in the drivin' rain. But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas. But it's all right. I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash. It's a gas, gas, gas. [2011 October 11, “Jumping Jack Flash (Live 1973)” (track 14), in Brussels Affair (Live 1973), performed by The Rolling Stones:]
  • Bang, little boy, stop with the gas / Little T, man he chats up his ass [2017 July 1, “About That”, performed by Soph Aspin and Millie B:]
  • The closer threw him nothing but gas.

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der.
3. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos)
4. Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der.
5. Dutch gasbor.
6. English gas
7. Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648. See: Dutch Nouns 'gas', Ancient Greek Nouns 'χάος'.

Verbs referencing "gas"

Zulu Nouns ugesi.