gasoline

plural gasolines · alternative gasolene

1. CanadaPhilippinesUSuncountableusuallyA flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol.

   You can't put gasoline in this car. This car takes diesel fuel.

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   […] naphtha of specific gravity exceeding eighty degrees […] and of the kind usually known as gasoline, shall be subject to a tax of five per centum ad valorem.

   1864, Congress of the United States, Internal Revenue Act §94

   So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

   1991, Backdraft, Robert DeNiro (actor)

   Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.

   2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, “New Jersey Continues to Cope with Hurricane Sandy”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2021, retrieved 31 Oct 2012

2. countableusuallyAny specific kind of this fuel.

   The refinery produces a wide range of gasolines.

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   He was trying to invent a cleaner-burning gasoline.

3. slanguncountableusuallyMarijuana, especially very potent or of high quality.

   Synonyms: gas

4. slanguncountableusuallyAn alcoholic beverage made of vodka and energy drink.

alternative gasolene

1. not comparableMade from or using gasoline.

   If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .

   2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion