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gassy

gassy

1 3.1
Full of gas, for example fizzy drinks or a planet's thick air
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡæsi/
translation icon : gaseoso
  • The drink was so carbonated that it made me feel gassy after just a few sips.

Examples

  • So you have the Jupiter forming in this very gassy disk, and the disk can push the planet in to be close to the star, so it's just moving gently through the gassy disk.

  • After eating beans for dinner, he noticed that his stomach felt gassy and uncomfortable.

  • It will then become a little 'gassy', but it can still be used.

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  • So you see the star at the center, you see this gassy material, and now we're going to zoom in and we can see what's inside.

  • Sometimes new magma from deeper underground brings additional gassy compounds into the mix.

  • We'd then have three major divisions of planets in our solar system: the gassy, the rocky, and the icy, with most planets belonging to the icy category and Pluto being among the largest of that class.

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  • The balloon is filled with gassy helium, making it float high in the air.

Synonyms

gaseous
vsgassy
16 4.6

Being in the form of a gas rather than a liquid or solid

is about having the quality of being like vapor rather than solid or liquid
gas-filled
vsgassy
1 3.8

Filled with gas rather than liquid or solid

focuses on general quality of being like vapor rather than internal content
fumy
vsgassy
  • Archaic
9.3

Containing smoke or strong fumes that make breathing hard

refers to the general quality of being like vapor rather than smoky smell

Antonyms

solid
325 1.0

Firm and hard so it keeps its shape, not liquid

dense
  • Specialized
42 4.2

Has a lot of matter in a small space

How Gassy

gas-filled
1 3.8
gaseous
16 4.6
gassy
1 3.1
vaporous
  • US
1 7.2
airy
13 2.3

Surface Forms

gassy positive
gassier comparative
gassiest superlative

Morphology

gassy = gas (transparent) = gas + y

The meaning 'resembling or full of gas' follows directly from 'gas' + '-y' as a descriptive adjective.

Etymology

Gassy comes from gas, a common word for invisible air or bubbles, and the ending -y means 'full of'. So a gassy planet or drink is 'full of gas' or 'like gas', for example a fizzy drink or a thick gas atmosphere.