gassy

adjective

ˈga-sē How to pronounce gassy (audio)
Definition of gassynext
as in rhetorical
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases another gassy speech by a long-winded politician

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Recent Examples of gassy The Times first reported back in 2024 that the attraction’s gassy cars would be on the way out by the end of 2026. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 The bubbles from carbonation add extra gas to your digestive system, and chia’s soluble fiber can slow down digestion, which may leave you feeling overly full or gassy. — Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 7 Aug. 2025 In 1997 the telescope photographed the gassy region inside the Trifid Nebula, which lies within the constellation Sagittarius. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026 Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman, known to fans of AppleTV series Slow Horses as the shambolic, gassy spy Jackson Lamb, will be honored at this year Edinburgh Television Festival with the fest’s lifetime achievement honor, the Golden Icon Award. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for gassy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gassy
  1. rhetorical
  2. gaseous
  3. inflated
  4. flatulent
Adjective
  • But Trump so far, it’s mostly been rhetorical.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 28 June 2026
  • Beginning in her early teens, Joyce loved watching Kirk’s debates on Instagram, seeing in them not carefully honed rhetorical tactics but authentic civility.
    — Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of rhetorical
Adjective
  • Prioritize the allocation of available funds for the maintenance of common-use launch infrastructure, including roads, electricity distribution, and gaseous pipelines and resource reserves.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 June 2026
  • The solution for this is to construct a new gaseous nitrogen system to supplement the existing capacity, but the $25 million project is currently unfunded.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026
Definition of gaseous
Adjective
  • Simón, who undertook a similar odyssey at the same age, never allows this delicate story to succumb to self-indulgence or an inflated sense of its own importance.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • As Jackson County legislators consider whether to implement a tax credit program to homeowners who paid inflated property tax bills in 2023, county homeowners and organizations are split on who should bear the cost.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Definition of inflated
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  • Those include Croft's flatulent butler, Winston (Bill Paterson), the explorer's uncle, Atlas DeMornay (Jason Isaacs), and Croft's tech-savvy friend, Zip (Martin Bobb-Semple).
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Now in its fifth season, the Apple TV drama follows a gang of screw-up spies who are nobody’s idea of the Avengers, led by Gary Oldman’s irascible, flatulent Jackson Lamb.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Definition of flatulent

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