as in rhetorical
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases
another gassy speech by a long-winded politician
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Recent Examples of gassy
Aside from trying a different type of baby bottle or feeding position, there are other ways to soothe a gassy baby.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
On one end of the spectrum, feeling backed up can leave you bloated, sluggish, gassy and uncomfortable.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
The bubbles from carbonation add extra gas to your digestive system, and chia’s soluble fiber can slow down digestion, which may leave you feeling overly full or gassy.
—Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 7 Aug. 2025
But during his promotion of the racing movie, star Brad Pitt reminded us that celebrities are just like us: gassy as hell.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 July 2025
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
On one end of the spectrum, feeling backed up can leave you bloated, sluggish, gassy and uncomfortable.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
The bubbles from carbonation add extra gas to your digestive system, and chia’s soluble fiber can slow down digestion, which may leave you feeling overly full or gassy.
—Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 7 Aug. 2025
But during his promotion of the racing movie, star Brad Pitt reminded us that celebrities are just like us: gassy as hell.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gassy
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The unraveling of the once-cozy relationship is not just personal or rhetorical.—
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
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For Republican Presidents, this has mostly been rhetoric.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The process typically starts with the conversion of uranium oxide into stable gaseous uranium hexafluoride, or UF6, followed by a centrifuge technique that separates the three isotopes by mass.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
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For example, many of the spacecraft operators want gaseous nitrogen (GN2) on hand during launches.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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On average, its white blooms appear late April to early May, and develop into interesting inflated three-sided seed pods by autumn.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Apr. 2026
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Baldoni’s attorneys pushed back, calling the projections speculative and wildly inflated.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
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Those include Croft's flatulent butler, Winston (Bill Paterson), the explorer's uncle, Atlas DeMornay (Jason Isaacs), and Croft's tech-savvy friend, Zip (Martin Bobb-Semple).—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Jan. 2026
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Now in its fifth season, the Apple TV drama follows a gang of screw-up spies who are nobody’s idea of the Avengers, led by Gary Oldman’s irascible, flatulent Jackson Lamb.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Gassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gassy. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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