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gassed

American  
[gast] / gæst /

adjective

Slang.
  1. drunk.


gassed British  
/ ɡæst /

adjective

  1. slang drunk

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of gassed

1910–15; gas (v.) + -ed 2

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The lifelong United fan, whose new show, Gassed Up, starts on BBC Three later this month, is taking on BBC football expert Mark Lawrenson to make predictions for some of this weekend's fourth-round ties.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2022

Patrick Eddington, a CIA analyst from 1994 to 1995 who wrote Gassed in the Gulf, resigned when superiors aborted his attempts to reveal the facts.

From Newsweek • Mar. 27, 2015

John Singer Sargent's painting of a line of blinded soldiers came to be known by a one word title: "Gassed."

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2015

Roberts contrasted John Singer Sargent's massive painting, "Gassed," with its depictions of men who have been blinded by mustard gas, with Bond's actions.

From US News • Jun. 2, 2014

Gassed in France and back to Limerick to work in the gas works.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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