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  • 41gas-guzzler — gas guzzling, adj. /gas guz leuhr/, n. Informal. an automobile that has low fuel efficiency, getting relatively few miles per gallon. Also, gas guzzler. [1975 80] * * * …

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  • 42gas-fired — UK US /ˌgæsˈfaɪəd/ US  / ˈfaɪɚd/ adjective NATURAL RESOURCES, PRODUCTION ► using natural gas as a fuel: »gas fired power stations …

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  • 43gas-fired — adj especially BrE using gas as a fuel ▪ a gas fired central heating system …

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  • 44gas-fired — [ gæs,faırd ] adjective OLD FASHIONED using gas as a fuel: gas fired central heating …

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  • 45gas-guzzler — car with low fuel efficiency, 1973, Amer.Eng., from GAS (Cf. gas) (short for gasoline) + GUZZLER (Cf. guzzler) …

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  • 46gas up something — gas up (something) to put fuel in a vehicle. We stopped at a service station to gas up the car and clean the windshield. Gas it up and check the oil …

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  • 47gas up — (something) to put fuel in a vehicle. We stopped at a service station to gas up the car and clean the windshield. Gas it up and check the oil …

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  • 48gas burner — gas′ burn er n. 1) ene the tip, jet, or nozzle from which gas issues, as on a stove 2) ene a stove or the like that burns gas as a fuel • Etymology: 1805–15 …

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  • 49gas — ► NOUN (pl. gases or chiefly US gasses) 1) an air like fluid substance which expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity. 2) a flammable substance of this type used as a fuel. 3) a gaseous anaesthetic such as nitrous… …

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  • 50gas furnace — n. 1. a furnace or reactor that distills gas from coal, etc. 2. a furnace that burns gas as fuel …

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