nitrous
14
8.4
- noun
- /ˈnaɪtrəs/
- Jargon
:
óxido nitroso
- If this is about the nitrous oxide I gave you, I'm sorry.
- nitrous oxide
- nitrous oxide emissions
Examples
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Nitrous oxide is an automatic six-month suspension.
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Jimmy, do we have any half-empty bottles of nitrous lying around?
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Doc, you got some nitrous or anything?
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Candy, one of the tanks of nitrous is dead.
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But clearly I had gone over some edge with nitrous oxide, so I stopped doing that.
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Hey Baz, is that nitrous button?
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Crank up the nitrous.
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Two other drugs are worth noting because of their lifetime prevalence rates: nitrous oxide and the recreational use of prescription opiates.
Academic text (2005) -
Engines are loud, smelly, require nonrenewable toxic fuel, and pollute the atmosphere with hydrocarbons, nitrous oxide, and other harmful chemicals.
Academic text (2007) -
The mechanic injected nitrous into the engine to give it a temporary boost in power.
Synonyms
11
8.9
A slang name for a substance used to boost car speed or ease chest pain
5
4.6
A colourless gas with a sweet smell that makes people relax during medical treatment and boosts engines
Compounds
- Specialized
5
4.6
A colourless gas with a sweet smell that makes people relax during medical treatment and boosts engines
- Specialized
A weak unstable acid that exists only in water or salts and helps in chemical reactions
- Specialized
Soil bacteria that change ammonia into nitrite to help make nutrients for plants
- Specialized
A system that adds nitrous oxide to an engine to make it more powerful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nitrous as a noun is a short form of nitrous oxide, a gas used to give engines a sudden power boost. The name comes from nitrogen and from nitre, 'saltpetre', so remembering nitrogen helps you see why mechanics call the boost system 'nitrous' — it uses a nitrogen-containing gas for extra speed.