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to gassing

to gassing

8.1
To talk a lot about unimportant things
  • verb
  • /ˈɡæsɪŋ/
  • UK
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  • During the party, they were just gassing about their favorite movies and music.

Examples

  • And I was like, oh, I can't have this because one, it's like, I don't want my comments to kind of be gassing me up because it's going to feed the wrong voices.

  • And then he's gassing himself up like a psychopath.

  • Yeah, yeah, I'm, I'm gassing him when I take off the legs fresh.

  • And she's probably just gassing herself in the bio.

  • So I start off gassing and at the point where your body resets this time it didn't reset.

  • We spent the afternoon gassing about our travel plans over coffee.

  • He loves to gas with his friends about the latest sports news.

Synonyms

to chatter
vsto gassing
86 2.7

To talk quickly and without stopping about unimportant things

is similar but stresses casual chat rather than speed
to prattle
vsto gassing
9 8.4

To talk on and on in a silly way about unimportant things

is similar but focuses more on casual chat than foolishness
to chit-chat
vsto gassing
  • Informal
5 4.1

To talk in a friendly, light way about unimportant things

is like this but often implies talking more rather than just light chat
to rattle on
vsto gassing
  • Informal
5 6.6

To talk for a long time about small boring things

is similar but can be friendlier and less boring in tone
to yak
vsto gassing
  • Informal
4 8.1

To talk a lot about unimportant things

shares nonstop talk but is often more obviously casual and chatty
to chew the fat
vsto gassing
  • Informal
3 7.9

Talk in a friendly, relaxed way for a long time

is similar but can be less about friendly bonding and more general chatting
to yack
vsto gassing
  • Informal
3 8.8

To talk a lot about unimportant things in an annoying way

is closer to casual chat and less focused on annoyance
to yap
vsto gassing
  • Informal
2 7.7

To talk a lot in an annoying, noisy way

is often softer and more chatty rather than loud or irritating
to gabble
vsto gassing
1 7.9

To talk quickly and unclearly so others cannot understand you

is similar casual talk but without the extreme speed or confusion
to gab
vsto gassing
  • Informal
1 6.9

To talk a lot about small unimportant things

is the same casual talking style often used in light conversation
to prate
vsto gassing
  • Literature
1 9.9

To talk for a long time about things that do not matter

is like casual chat but less negative and less foolish in tone
to yack away
vsto gassing
  • Informal
1 9.1

Talk for a long time in a way that annoys other people

is similar but usually describes more casual friendly chatting
to overtalk
vsto gassing
1 6.4

To talk so much that you stop others from speaking

is similar talk but does not imply dominating or silencing others
to yabber
vsto gassing
  • Australian
9.9

To talk quickly and without stopping about unimportant things

is similar but often sounds more relaxed and chatty
to talk someone's ear off
vsto gassing
  • Informal
7.5

Speak to someone for a very long time in a way that annoys them

is similar but often implies shorter, chatty exchanges rather than long monologues
to talk someone's leg off
vsto gassing
  • UK
8.1

Speak with someone for a very long time until they get tired

is closer to casual chat and less about exhausting a listener
to talk your arm off
vsto gassing
  • Informal
8.4

To speak to someone for a very long time until they get tired of listening

is similar but usually describes general casual or trivial conversation

Antonyms

silence
660 2.0

A period with no sound or speech

Phrasal Verbs

to tear-gassing
  • Literature
1 6.4

To use tear gas to make a crowd leave a place

Compounds

tear-gassing
  • Literature
1 6.3

Using tear gas to make a crowd leave a place

How Talkative

to gassing
  • UK
8.1
to prattle
9 8.4
to babble
75 4.4
to gab
  • Informal
1 6.9
to chat
  • Informal
269 1.0
to speak
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

gassing infinitive
gassed past
gassed past participle
gassing present participle
gasses third person singular

Morphology

gassing = gas (opaque) = gas + ing

Although it is formally the '-ing' form of 'gas', the slang sense 'talk a lot' is not predictable from the ordinary meaning of 'gas' for most learners.

Etymology

Gassing as 'talking a lot' is a slang use of gas; a helpful way to remember it is to imagine words 'filling a room like gas', so to gas is to chat or go on and on.