take gas

verb

To be knocked off one's surfboard by a wave.

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Meanings

verbtake gas (third-person singular simple present takes gas, present participle taking gas, simple past took gas, past participle taken gas)

present singular third person takes gas · participle present taking gas · past took gas · participle past taken gas

  1. slanghobbiesTo be knocked off one's surfboard by a wave.

    He really took gas on that one.

    2014, Douglas Preston, The Kraken Project: A Novel
    1 more example

    Jordan took gas. He got rolled around the rocks and eventually came to a stop.

    2014, Greg Gutierrez, Zen and the Art of Surfing
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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