high-test

[ hahy-test ]

adjective

1. (of gasoline) boiling at a relatively low temperature.

high-test

1. Relating to highly volatile high-octane gasoline.

Word History and Origins

Origin of high-test¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

I mean people who tell high-test, dry-aged, technicolor extravaganza sort of lies.

From The Daily Beast

It was mid-afternoon before the "Winged Arrow" was towed across to the dock and her tanks refilled with high-test gasoline.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the motor roared and he and the engineer, took off at double the speed she could make on high-test gas.

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"A little while ago Spenski found his girl, and I would have withdrawn—for that is the high test," Samarc resumed.

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Manoeuvres of this kind, I must tell you, are a high test of military skill, and are often not fully intelligible to the lay mind.

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The low-pressure air cylinders were lubricated with "High Test" oil, having a flash point of 600° Fahr.

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