gassing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gas

plural gassings

1. uncountableusuallyPoisoning by noxious gas.
2. uncountableusuallyThe liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte.
3. historicaluncountableusuallybusinessThe process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres.
4. uncountableusuallyAny similar process of singeing.
5. slanguncountableusuallyboasting; insincere or empty talk

   He bent over her shoulder and read, Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, I can't stand your gassing, oh, what a windbag, what will shut you up, shut up, shut up. And so ad infinitum. He was terribly hurt.

   1940, Christina Stead, The Man who Loved Children