Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der.
Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos)
Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der.
Dutch gasbor.
English gas
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English gasser
From gas + -er.
Meanings
(comparative, form-of, rare) comparative form of gas: more gas
This picture makes me miss seeing my friends every single day and thinking were [sic] gasser than we are ️♥ ♥ muchos lovos galpals 2015 April 29, "ni_ni_niamh", Photo comment Instagram
A gasser night than oxygen [recte Oxegen] 🐮 #ASolidAgCrew #AMess 2015 August 20, Kate Carr, Photo comment Instagram
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der.
Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos)
Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der.
Dutch gasbor.
English gas
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English gasser
From gas + -er.
Meanings
One who gasses, or poisons with gas.
Poison-gas fortunately proved to be a two-edged weapon when it was used on the battlefield. […] The wind could turn about to gas the gassers. 1969, John Michael Hinton, Experiences: An Inquiry Into Some Ambiguities, page 292:
(slang) Something highly entertaining or remarkable.
A kind of hot rod based on production models from the 1930s to mid-1960s, stripped of extraneous weight and jacked up using a truck beam axle to provide better weight distribution on acceleration.
A kind of hot rod based on production models from the 1930s to mid-1960s, stripped of extraneous weight and jacked up using a truck beam axle to provide better weight distribution on acceleration. ▸ More generally, any car or truck that runs on pump gas, as opposed to diesel fuel, racing fuel, or a car with an electric motor.
(informal) A worker in the gas industry.
Gassers and allied industry personnel from coast to coast should plan to attend the trade show and each of the convention business sessions. 1961, Canadian Gas Journal, volume 54, page 13: