gas guzzler
1Gas-guzzler — commonly refers to a vehicle that makes inefficient use of fuel.The term came into wide use to describe the Gas Guzzler Tax and after that while discussing environmental concerns related to climate change and smog.Nowadays, gas guzzlers are often …
2gas-guzzler — car with low fuel efficiency, 1973, Amer.Eng., from GAS (Cf. gas) (short for gasoline) + GUZZLER (Cf. guzzler) …
3gas guzzler — gas guzzlers also gas guzzler N COUNT If you say that a car is a gas guzzler you mean that it uses a lot of fuel and is not cheap to run. [AM, INFORMAL] They say gas guzzlers are contributing to air pollution …
4gas guzzler — n. Slang an automotive vehicle that has low fuel mileage gas guzzling [gas′guz΄ liŋ] adj. * * * …
5gas-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] * * * …
6gas guzzler — n. Slang an automotive vehicle that has low fuel mileage gas guzzling [gas′guz΄ liŋ] adj …
7gas-guzzler — gas .guzzler n AmE informal a car that uses a lot of petrol >gas guzzling adj …
8gas-guzzler — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : a usually large automobile that gets relatively poor mileage • gas guzzling ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective * * * gas guzzling, adj. /gas guz leuhr/, n. Informal. an automobile that has low fuel efficiency, getting relatively… …
9gas guzzler — UK [ˈɡæs ˌɡʌzlə(r)] / US [ˈɡæs ˌɡʌzlər] noun [countable] Word forms gas guzzler : singular gas guzzler plural gas guzzlers informal a car that is expensive to drive because it uses a lot of petrol …
10gas-guzzler — n. a large automobile that uses much gasoline. □ I got rid of my gas guzzler and got a smaller car. □ The old gas guzzlers were certainly comfortable …