GAS vs BLUSTER: NOUN
- Laughing gas.
- A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.
- An aëriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aëriform state.
- Empty or idle talk; frothy speech; rant.
- A gas-light: as, the gas is dim; turn down the gas.
- In popular language, a compound of various gases, used for illuminating and heating purposes.
- Specifically In coal-mining, any explosive mixture of fire-damp with common air.
- A substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion.
- The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- A fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes
- A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
- A pedal that controls the throttle valve
- A gaseous fuel, such as natural gas.
- Gasoline.
- The speed control of a gasoline engine. Used with the:
- Specifically, nitrous-oxid gas when used to produce anæsthesia, most commonly by dentists.
- A gaseous asphyxiant, irritant, or poison.
- A gaseous anesthetic, such as nitrous oxide.
- Flatulence.
- Flatus.
- Idle or boastful talk.
- Any irrespirable aëriform fluid.
- Someone or something exceptionally exciting or entertaining.
- A substance in the gaseous state.
- A fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
- Same as gasoline; -- a shortened form. Also, the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term “ step on the gas”.
- Same as natural gas.
- An exceptionally enjoyable event; a good time.
- A kind of gas made by forcing air through some volatile hydrocarbon, as the lighter petroleums. The air is so saturated with combustible vapor as to be a convenient illuminating and heating agent.
- Etc. See under Carbon, Coke, etc.
- A bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high percentage of volatile matters, and therefore available for the manufacture of illuminating gas.
- An engine in which the motion of the piston is produced by the combustion or sudden production or expansion of gas; -- especially, an engine in which an explosive mixture of gas and air is forced into the working cylinder and ignited there by a gas flame or an electric spark.
- One who lays pipes and puts up fixtures for gas.
- The appliances needed for the introduction of gas into a building, as meters, pipes, burners, etc.
- A device for conveying illuminating or combustible gas from the pipe to the gas-burner, consisting of an appendage of cast, wrought, or drawn metal, with tubes upon which the burners, keys, etc., are adjusted.
- A form of voltaic battery, in which gases, especially hydrogen and oxygen, are the active agents.
- Fitful noise and violence.
- Pompous, officious talk.
- Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language.
- Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.
- Synonyms Turbulence, boasting, bragging, bullying.
- Noisy but empty talk or menace; swagger; boisterous self-assertion.
- A boisterous blast, or loud tumultuous noise.
- The noise of a storm or of violent wind; a blast; a gust.
- Loud, arrogant speech, often full of empty threats.
- Turbulence or noisy confusion.
- Vain and empty boasting
- A gust of wind.
- Noisy confusion and turbulence
- A violent gusty wind
- A swaggering show of courage
GAS vs BLUSTER: VERB
- Attack with gas; subject to gas fumes
- Show off
- To speak or protest loudly.
- To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.
- Show off
- Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- Blow hard; be gusty, as of wind
- To blow in strong or sudden gusts.
GAS vs BLUSTER: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To talk excessively.
- To give off gas.
- To overcome, disable, or kill with poisonous fumes.
- To treat chemically with gas.
- To force or bully with swaggering threats.
- To blow in loud, violent gusts, as the wind during a storm.
- To brag or make loud, empty threats.
- To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.
- To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage.
- To speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner.
GAS vs BLUSTER: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
- To impregnate with gas.
- To expose to a poisonous or noxious gas.
- To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.
GAS vs BLUSTER: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To remove loose filaments from (net, lace, etc.) by passing the material between rollers and exposing it to the action of a large number of minute jets of gas.
- To talk nonsense or falsehood to; impose upon by wheedling, frothy, or empty speech.
- Subject to gas fumes
- Attack with gas
- Used for cooking and heating homes
- A fossil fuel in the gaseous state
- The ability to diffuse readily
- Relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature
- To indulge in “gas” or empty talk; talk nonsense.
- To treat with a gas or expose to the action of a gas, as is done with slaked lime in the manufacture of bleaching-powder.
- To overcome or poison by means of the inhalation of gas.
- To roar and be tumultuous, as wind; blow boisterously: as, the storm blusters without.
- To be loud, noisy, or swaggering; swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; utter loud empty menaces or protests.
- [Only in ME.; perhaps a different word. Cf. LG. blustern, blistern, flutter in alarm.] To wander or run about aimlessly.
- To compel or force by mere bluster.
- To utter with bluster, or with noise and violence: generally with out or forth.
- Blow hard
- Be gusty, as of wind
GAS vs BLUSTER: RELATED WORDS
- Tout, Brag, Gasconade, Accelerator pedal, Throttle, Bluster, Gun, Blow, Flatulence, Accelerator, Gas pedal, Gasolene, Petrol, Gasoline, Natural gas
- Rhetoric, Bombast, Shoot a line, Rodomontade, Gasconade, Gas, Tout, Blow, Vaunt, Boast, Swash, Brag, Swagger, Braggadocio, Bravado
GAS vs BLUSTER: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Fuel, Hydrocarbons, Petroleum, Oil, Tout, Accelerator pedal, Throttle, Bluster, Gun, Blow, Flatulence, Gas pedal, Petrol, Gasoline, Natural gas
- Theatrics, Grandiloquence, Hyperbole, Belligerence, Histrionics, Blather, Rhetoric, Bombast, Rodomontade, Gas, Tout, Blow, Swagger, Braggadocio, Bravado
GAS vs BLUSTER: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- PSE will turn on the gas meter and verify operation of new gas appliances.
- When converting from bottled gas, natural gas must be used exclusively on the premise.
- The old gas pipes will probably have been sized for town gas.
- Eliminating subsidies to the oil and gas industry will raise gas prices.
- No, I do not get my gas from Southern California Gas.
- Greater use of natural gas can substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Are fuel gas hoses red, oxygen green, and inert gas black?
- Gas chamber, method of executing condemned prisoners by lethal gas.
- Old and empty gas tanks and cans sometimes may contain old gas deposits, which can contaminate and mix with new gas.
- Empire District Gas Company and Missouri Gas Energy provide natural gas to residents of the City.
- But I also wonder how much of this is bluster.
- A certain amount of bluster from each side is expected.
- Cuban has brought more than just bluster to the show.
- He has brought more than just bluster to the show.
- SYN: Rhodomontade, braggadocio, gasconade, bluster, inflatedness, pomposity, exaggerativeness, fustian.
- FBIames Cromitie was a man of bluster and bigotry.
- Political leaders fumble, miscalculate, and bluster into avoidable disaster.
- Much of its language is no more than bluster.
- Donald Trump needed only money and white bluster.
- STEIN: So you think this is largely bluster?
GAS vs BLUSTER: QUESTIONS
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- Which gas behaves like an ideal gas at high temperature?
- Is pleasant hearth gas stove better than a gas fireplace?
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- Which gas behaves more according to the ideal gas behaviour?
- How is water made from hydrogen gas and oxygen gas?
- What is the most common gas used in gas chromatography?
- Can splenic flexure syndrome cause gas and excessive gas?
- How do gas masks protect soldiers from gas attacks?
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