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gas-guzzler
or gas guz·zler
[ gas-guhz-ler ]
/ ËgĂŠsËgÊz lÉr /
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noun Informal.
an automobile that has low fuel efficiency, getting relatively few miles per gallon.
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Origin of gas-guzzler
First recorded in 1975â80
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gas-guzzling, adjectiveWords nearby gas-guzzler
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Words related to gas-guzzler
auto,
bus,
convertible,
limousine,
pickup truck,
sports car,
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compact How to use gas-guzzler in a sentence
Security officials told Agence France-Presse that the gas station manager said he had recognized the two men.
Unconfirmed reports in the French media claimed that the brothers were spotted at a gas station in northern France on Thursday.
Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
On top of oil, the United States produces significantly more natural gas than Saudi Arabia.
Her slight miscalculation of how to fix the situation leads to her driving around the gas pump.
For comparison, the gas may be passed through a test-tube containing an equal amount of distilled water.
It is allowed to cool, and hydrogen sulphid gas is passed through it for about five minutes.
You could not see the water till you got close up, and at a distance only the rows of gas jets were apparent.
Gas, it is clear, could not be carried into a hostile country or into remote and nearly inaccessible districts.
In its pure state it is a transparent and colourless gas, having a peculiar pungent smell, and highly soluble in water.
British Dictionary definitions for gas-guzzler
noun
informal a large car with very high petrol consumption
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