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  • past tense form of gas.
  • past participle of gas.
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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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Fitness is next: He looked a little gassed against Zverev, and admitted as much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Morris’s mother and father, respectively, were an accomplished organist and a mechanic who had been gassed in World War I. Like Waugh, Morris boarded as a teenager at Lancing College in West Sussex, England.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

While showing few outward signs of struggling with the foot blisters which troubled him in the quarter-finals, Djokovic regularly looked gassed against Sinner before finding further reserves to win in four hours and nine minutes.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

On Friday night, their already overworked bullpen had been gassed again by their extra-inning gantlet.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025

I remember leaving Malloy's house, running down the block, busting into our apartment all gassed up, excited to show Jazz what I learned.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

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