informal
: nitrous oxide
He began huffing nitrous by the case, causing vivid hallucinations.—
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archaic
: of, relating to, or containing niter
Examples of nitrous in a Sentence
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Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
The next 150 years of nitrous The rise of anesthetics like nitrous in medicine was accompanied by a decline in their use as recreational drugs.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Yiannopoulos followed with screenshots of group texts with him, the dentist and West, with the latter requesting nitrous and the dentist obliging.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
Videos of kids passing out after taking long hits from the nozzles quickly went viral (in some cases, demonstrating just how viral Galaxy Gas had become, videos of users inhaling other brands of nitrous were erroneously labeled as Galaxy Gas in social media captions).
—Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
Instead, nitrous became something else: entertainment.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Caffeine is a stimulant that essentially revs up your nervous system like adding nitrous to a car, which is decidedly not good if your mind is already hyperactive with worry, according to a paper published in NCBI in 2015.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2024
How effective nitrous is for alleviating pain is highly variable.
—Alice Callahan, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
The modifications include an engine that makes 570 rear-wheel horsepower, before nitrous, and which has a custom nitrous kit from Induction Solutions.
—Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2020
Michael Saponara, Billboard, 8 May 2025
At one point its images of a man hitting the nitrous button in his muscle car contorts as though his whole body is being pushed through a syringe.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
And last year, Alabama became the first state in the nation to carry out an execution with nitrous gas.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
Traveling caravans brought nitrous shows on the road.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
So, too, did a wave of videos denouncing Galaxy Gas, calling out the fact that their nitrous canisters were for sale on Amazon, and questioning why the trend seemed to be so specifically impacting young Black kids in Atlanta.
—Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
The nitrous scene takes place in a room with dollar-bill wallpaper.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Public nitrous shows began taking place as early as an 1814 lecture series in Philadelphia.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
For example, the inspiration from gaming can be seen in the nitrous button and air vents, while motocross sport is referenced in the Renthal handlebar, front fork design, and our signature front headlight.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The Guess girl tells me about how Lindsay accidentally overdosed at the Chateau a few weeks ago on coke and Vicodin and Ambien and maybe a little nitrous.
—Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
The next 150 years of nitrous The rise of anesthetics like nitrous in medicine was accompanied by a decline in their use as recreational drugs.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Yiannopoulos followed with screenshots of group texts with him, the dentist and West, with the latter requesting nitrous and the dentist obliging.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
Videos of kids passing out after taking long hits from the nozzles quickly went viral (in some cases, demonstrating just how viral Galaxy Gas had become, videos of users inhaling other brands of nitrous were erroneously labeled as Galaxy Gas in social media captions).
—Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
Instead, nitrous became something else: entertainment.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Caffeine is a stimulant that essentially revs up your nervous system like adding nitrous to a car, which is decidedly not good if your mind is already hyperactive with worry, according to a paper published in NCBI in 2015.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2024
How effective nitrous is for alleviating pain is highly variable.
—Alice Callahan, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
The modifications include an engine that makes 570 rear-wheel horsepower, before nitrous, and which has a custom nitrous kit from Induction Solutions.
—Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2020
Adjective
The track finds Ye addressing his custody issues over his four children with ex-wife Kim Kardashian, while also claiming that banks are freezing his accounts and rapping about his nitrous use.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 8 May 2025
At one point its images of a man hitting the nitrous button in his muscle car contorts as though his whole body is being pushed through a syringe.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
And last year, Alabama became the first state in the nation to carry out an execution with nitrous gas.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
Traveling caravans brought nitrous shows on the road.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
So, too, did a wave of videos denouncing Galaxy Gas, calling out the fact that their nitrous canisters were for sale on Amazon, and questioning why the trend seemed to be so specifically impacting young Black kids in Atlanta.
—Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
The nitrous scene takes place in a room with dollar-bill wallpaper.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Public nitrous shows began taking place as early as an 1814 lecture series in Philadelphia.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
For example, the inspiration from gaming can be seen in the nitrous button and air vents, while motocross sport is referenced in the Renthal handlebar, front fork design, and our signature front headlight.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Nitrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nitrous. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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