gas up

verb

To refuel (a vehicle).

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Meanings

verbgas up (third-person singular simple present gases up, present participle gasses up, simple past and past participle gassed up)

present singular third person gases up · participle present gasses up · participle past gassed up · past gassed up

  1. UStransitiveTo 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
  2. slangtransitiveTo inflate (someone's ego); to deceive by flattery.

    “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
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    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
  3. slangtransitiveTo publicly praise.

Translations

Finnish tankata, täyttää polttoaineella
  • tankata(US slang) To fill a gas tank with fuel
  • täyttää polttoaineella(US slang) To fill a gas tank with fuel
German auftanken, tanken
  • auftanken(US slang) To fill a gas tank with fuel
  • tanken(US slang) To fill a gas tank with fuel
Spanish repostar carburante
  • repostar carburante(US slang) To fill a gas tank with fuel
Cite this entry
APA

gas up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gas%20up

MLA

“gas up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gas%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gas up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gas%20up.

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