gas

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɡæs/

Verb

transitive intransitive slang

(transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas. / (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter. / (transitive, slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully.

Japanese Meaning

毒ガスを用いて攻撃・殺害する / 自慢げに（または虚勢を張って）お喋りする、虚飾な話をする / 自慢話で相手に影響を及ぼす、押し付ける

What is this buttons?

During the war, they planned to gas the villagers if they resisted.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その戦争中、抵抗すれば住民を毒ガスで攻撃するつもりだった。

Details

Sense（1）

(transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.

The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.

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Details

Sense（2）

(intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.

[…] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”

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