gassed

Etymology

adj

  1. In a gaseous state.
    a gassed fluid
  2. (slang) Drunk; intoxicated by alcohol.
    "Hey, Grady, how about hittin' for New York State?" suggested Wally.¶ "Sure!" agreed Ed enthusiastically. “Let's go over to Beer Can Boulevard and get gassed!" 1956, Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!
  3. (slang) High; intoxicated by psychoactive drugs.
    As you can see, I was pretty well gassed, and in that state I marched down to the nearest recruiting station and joined up so as to be close to the poor machines. 1962, Robert Sheckley, “How Lum Joined the Army”, in Journey Beyond Tomorrow
  4. (slang) Exhausted
    They looked gassed, panting, spent, given over 1994, Charles Edward Eaton, “The Blue Window”, in The Country of the Blue, page 71
  5. (slang) Happy
    Light the cannon crackers / I have a taste for the exploding hot; / Turn on the cool / Give me the sound of honey / In my ear— / Gentlemen / I am gassed! 1974-02, Frank Marshall Davis, “Duke Ellington”, in Black World, volume 23, number 4, page 23
  6. (MLE, MTE) Excited
    But don't get gassed cause you got the headline / You only got it cause I declined it 2016, “Scary”, performed by Stormzy

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of gas

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