gas up en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(US, transitive) To refuel (a vehicle).
I can close down this bar / I can gas up my car / I can pack up and mail in my key
1977, “Bartender’s Blues”, in James Taylor (lyrics), JT, performed by James Taylor, Columbia Records:
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(slang, transitive) To inflate (someone's ego); to deceive by flattery.
Social media got us all too gassed up Women nowadays be like If you ain't dropped sixteen hundred grand On a Maserati then you ain't the man for me
2018 December 9, Khali Raymond, savage writer, Voice of the Brick City (Axis 360), YTER/x Surreal Dreamz Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC:“Stop gassing me up and tell me the truth,” Mr. Torres said. “The truth?” ChatGPT responded. “You were supposed to break.”
2025 June 13, Kashmir Hill, “They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025:
- (slang, transitive) To publicly praise.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gassed up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gassed up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| gases up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| gasses up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
de tanken ((US slang) To fill a gas tank with fuel) · de auftanken ((US slang) To fill a gas tank with fuel) · fi täyttää polttoaineella ((US slang) To fill a gas tank with fuel) · es repostar carburante ((US slang) To fill a gas tank with fuel) · fi tankata ((US slang) To fill a gas tank with fuel)