Entry Word: gas

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 boastful speech or writing <all that gas about being the best fisherman in the world is another exaggeration> — see bombast 1
2 language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere <the candidateʼs pledge that heʼll fight for the common people is just a lot of gas> — see rhetoric 1
3 slanga source of great satisfaction <that movie with the new special effects was a gas> — see delight 1