laughing gas

noun

1. nitrous oxide.

laughing gas

noun

1. another name for nitrous oxide

laughing gas

1. Nitrous oxide used as a mild anesthetic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of laughing gas¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

“So I wear that when I work with my patients, when they look horrified or complain, I quietly cut back on the laughing gas.”

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Three men who helped import 91 million canisters of laughing gas into the UK through a series of bogus catering firms have been jailed.

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Nitrous oxide – known colloquially as "laughing gas" – has many uses, from a painkiller during dental procedures to a whipping agent for canned whipped cream.

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A driver who inhaled laughing gas and killed a woman while speeding in a Mercedes has been jailed for five years.

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For decades, it was a popular party drug among the English aristocracy, who reveled in “laughing gas parties” before it was first used as an anesthetic and analgesic in medical settings.

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