gassed

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gassed (comparative more gassed, superlative most gassed)

  1. In a gaseous state.
    a gassed fluid
  2. (slang) Drunk; intoxicated by alcohol. [from 1860s]
    • 1956, Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!:
      "Hey, Grady, how about hittin' for New York State?" suggested Wally.¶ "Sure!" agreed Ed enthusiastically. “Let's go over to Beer Can Boulevard and get gassed!"
  3. (slang) High; intoxicated by psychoactive drugs.
    • 1962, Robert Sheckley, “How Lum Joined the Army”, in Journey Beyond Tomorrow:
      As you can see, I was pretty well gassed, and in that state I marched down to the nearest recruiting station and joined up so as to be close to the poor machines.
  4. (slang) Exhausted
    • 1994, Charles Edward Eaton, “The Blue Window”, in The Country of the Blue, →ISBN, page 71:
      They looked gassed, panting, spent, given over
  5. (slang) Happy
    • 1974 February, Frank Marshall Davis, “Duke Ellington”, in Black World, volume 23, number 4, page 23:
      Light the cannon crackers / I have a taste for the exploding hot; / Turn on the cool / Give me the sound of honey / In my ear— / Gentlemen / I am gassed!
  6. (MLE, MTE) Excited
    • 2016, “Scary”, performed by Stormzy:
      But don't get gassed cause you got the headline / You only got it cause I declined it

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gassed

  1. simple past and past participle of gas