or gaseous, adj. (common).—1. Likely to take umbrage or to flare-up.
1863. North American Review, cxliii., p. 220. GASSY politicians in Congress.
2. (colloquial).—Full of empty talk or GAS (q.v.).
1872. W. D. WHITNEY, The Life and Growth of Language, p. 17. As when we call an empty and sophistical but ready talker GASSY.
