n. High-performance saloon car. [italian gran turismo great touring]

n. Colloq. Talk, chatter. [var. Of *gob1]

v. (-dd-) (foll. By about) go about idly or in search of pleasure. [obsolete gadling companion]

—n. - thing thrust into or tied across the mouth, esp. To prevent speaking or crying out.

- joke or comic scene.

- parliamentary closure.

- thing restricting free speech. —v. (-gg-) 1 apply a gag to.

- silence; deprive of free speech.

- choke, retch.

- make gags as a comedian etc. [origin uncertain]

Abbr. (also gall.) Gallon(s).

- n. Slang girl. [representing a variant pronunciation]

n. - empty space, interval; deficiency.

- breach in a hedge, fence, etc.

- wide divergence in views etc. gappy adj. [old norse]

chamber n. Room filled with poisonous gas to kill people or animals.

- fire n. Domestic heater burning gas.

- mask n. Respirator as a protection against poison gas.

- ring n. Hollow ring perforated with gas jets, for cooking etc.

- —n. (pl. -es) 1 any airlike substance (i.e. Not solid or liquid) moving freely to fill any space available.

- such a substance (esp. Found naturally or extracted from coal) used as fuel (also attrib.: gas cooker; gas industry).

- nitrous oxide or other gas as an anaesthetic.

- poisonous gas used in war.

- us colloq. Petrol, gasoline.

- slang idle talk; boasting.

- slang enjoyable or amusing thing or person. —v. (gases, gassed, gassing) 1 expose to gas, esp. To kill.

- colloq. Talk idly or boastfully.

—adj. - light-hearted, cheerful.

- brightly coloured.

- colloq. Homosexual.

- colloq. Careless, thoughtless (gay abandon). —n. Colloq. (esp. Male) homosexual. gayness n. [french]

abbr. Grievous bodily harm.

abbr. General certificate of education.