"gasser" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-gasser.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -æsə(ɹ) Etymology: gas + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gas|er}} gas + -er Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} gasser
  1. (rare) comparative form of gas: more gas Tags: comparative, form-of, rare Form of: gas (extra: more gas)
    Sense id: en-gasser-en-adj-ACPyqZ~K

Noun

Audio: En-au-gasser.ogg [Australia] Forms: gassers [plural]
Rhymes: -æsə(ɹ) Etymology: gas + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gas|er}} gas + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} gasser (plural gassers)
  1. One who gasses, or poisons with gas.
    Sense id: en-gasser-en-noun-pQUDyKjo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 14 2 42 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 2 19 6 33 40
  2. (slang) Something highly entertaining or remarkable. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-gasser-en-noun-prxIxfaf
  3. A kind of hot rod based on production models from the 1930s to mid-1960s, stripped of extraneous weight and jacked up using a truck beam axle to provide better weight distribution on acceleration.
    Sense id: en-gasser-en-noun-oR2GY0Q- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 14 2 42 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 2 19 6 33 40
  4. A kind of hot rod based on production models from the 1930s to mid-1960s, stripped of extraneous weight and jacked up using a truck beam axle to provide better weight distribution on acceleration.
    More generally, any car or truck that runs on pump gas, as opposed to diesel fuel, racing fuel, or a car with an electric motor.
    Sense id: en-gasser-en-noun-8q4TGgd5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 14 2 42 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 2 19 6 33 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: half-gasser

Inflected forms

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