Meanings
gasser1
plural gassers
- 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 - slangSomething 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.
- informalA 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
- comparativerarecomparative form of gas: more gas
A gasser night than oxygen [recte Oxegen] 🐮 #ASolidAgCrew #AMess
2015 August 20, Kate Carr, Photo comment Instagram1 more example
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
Gasser2
Origin
gasser · noun, adjective
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeh₂-
- Ancient Greekχαῦνος (khaûnos)
- Ancient Greekχάος (kháos)
- Dutchgas
- Englishgas
- Englishgasser
Gasser · proper noun
- Yiddishgas
- GermanGasse
- Middle High Germangazze
- EnglishGasser
German, Swiss German, and Jewish topographic surname for one who lived in a side street or alley, from a derivative of Middle High German gazze, German Gasse, or Yiddish gas.
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gasser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gasser
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