gasser
noun
something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
gasser
1 American
[gas-er]
/ ˈgæs ər /
noun
-
Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
-
a person or thing that gasses.
Gasser
2
American
[gas-er]
/ ˈgæs ər /
noun
Gasser
1
British
/ ˈɡæsə /
noun
gasser
2
British
/ ˈɡæsə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of gasser
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
The Chevrolet gasser blasted through salt air across a desolate stretch of land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2019
“A lot of people ain’t going to believe us that the gasser raced a hearse down here on Terminal Island today.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2019
That saved the defense from running one last gasser.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2016
On Friday night he has 29 carries for nearly 200 yards and on Sunday night he won every gasser on our team.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2012
Now I know it was Nelson's crew that fired our gasser.
From Flowing Gold by Rex Ellingwood Beach
In the bottom half of the inning, the Dodgers recorded their first extra-base hit off Brewers starter Robert Gasser.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Ester Ledecka, from the Czech Republic, and Austria's Anna Gasser both blew their chances of becoming the first snowboarders in Olympic history to win three titles in a row earlier in the Milan-Cortina Games.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Fanny Gasser, a journalist for the Austrian daily newspaper Kronen Zeitung, told BBC News the school was likely unprepared for the possibility of an attack.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
"Understanding how viruses engage with the cells they infect is a critical part of preventing and treating viral disease," said co-senior author Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD, the Herbert S. Gasser Professor at Washington University.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
Going eastward from the Koubba of Nebi Gasser, we soon reached the broad Wadi, which still brings water down from the hills.
From The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria by Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
