gas
/ɡæs/ adjective C2- Comical, zany; fun, amusing. · Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.· It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.
Comparative gasser · Superlative gassest
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We rattled through an endless labyrinth of gas-lit streets until we emerged into Farrington Street.
“A balloon,” said Oz, “is made of silk, which is coated with glue to keep the gas in it.
But in all this country there is no gas to fill the balloon with, to make it float.”
Hot air isn’t as good as gas, for if the air should get cold the balloon would come down in the desert, and we should be lost.”
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