Definition of "gas"

Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.

2013 July–August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist‎, archived from the original on 7 September 2013

But anyone with that many large brown birds aroost in his cranium and that much gas in his bottom was clearly not a well person.

2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 72

Two more girls came in, one in bright pink stretch pants and the other in purple. “Man this place is a gas,” said pink.

1963 May, Gloria Steinem, “A Bunny's Tale”, in Show Magazine‎, archived from the original on 2017-10-04

No it really doesn't matter at all / Life's a gas / I hope it's going to last

1971, Marc Bolan (lyrics and music), “Life's a Gas”, in Electric Warrior, performed by T. Rex

Money, it's a gas. Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.

1973 March 1, “Money” (track 6), in The Dark Side of the Moon‎, performed by Pink Floyd

Once I had a love and it was a gas / Soon turned out had a heart of glass

1978, “Heart of Glass”, in Parallel Lines, performed by Blondie

Be a man, Be a man / Belsen was a gas / Be a man, kill someone

1979, “Belsen Was a Gas”, in The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, performed by Sex Pistols

One two! I was born in a cross-fire hurricane. And I howled at the maw in the drivin' rain. But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas. But it's all right. I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash. It's a gas, gas, gas.

2011 October 11, “Jumping Jack Flash (Live 1973)” (track 14), in Brussels Affair (Live 1973)‎, performed by The Rolling Stones

Bang, little boy, stop with the gas / Little T, man he chats up his ass

2017 July 1, “About That”, performed by Soph Aspin and Millie B

[…] (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. […] ”

1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock

"Well don't keep on gassing about it," said Digory.

1955, C. S. Lewis, chapter 3, in The Magician's Nephew, Collins, published 1998

I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said ...(whaaat): "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam" ( don't gas me), "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam".

2018 September 14, “Don't Gas Me” (track 1), in Don't Gas Me‎, performed by Dizzy Rascal

Gas is the fuel of Ethereum. Gas is not ether–it's a separate virtual currency with its own exchange rate against ether. Ethereum uses gas to control the amount of resources that transactions can use […]

2018, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Gavin Wood, Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and DApps‎, O'Reilly Media

The average “gas fee” – transaction cost – of an Ethereum transaction is between US$85 and US $156, according to crypto.com data.

2021 November 6, Ben Butler, “Australian banks are opening up to cryptocurrency: what does it mean for you?”, in The Guardian‎

The other models were gas fun, though they were all a bit hoity-toity.

2016, Liz Nugent, Lying In Wait, page 113

I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said ...(whaaat): "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam" ( don't gas me), "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam".

2018 September 14, “Don't Gas Me” (track 1), in Don't Gas Me‎, performed by Dizzy Rascal