gasser
noun
something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
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gasser
1 American
[gas-er]
/ ˈgæs ər /
noun
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Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
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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
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“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
The Chevrolet gasser blasted through salt air across a desolate stretch of land.
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
But I expect the boss gasser of the outfit will be gettin’ his’n pretty quick now.”
From The Range Boss by Frank Earle Schoonover
“Normally it’s 35,000 against 9,” said Brewers starter Robert Gasser, who allowed just one hit over six shutout innings Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
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
Austrian veteran Gasser, champion in Pyeongchang and Beijing, was out of the running after scoring poorly in her first two runs.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
"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
Achilles P. Gasser, in his Appendix to the Augsburg edition of Peregrinus, gives a reference to Serapio Mauritanus, parte 2, cap.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by William Gilbert
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