gassing

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === gassing present participle and gerund of gas === Noun === gassing (usually uncountable, plural gassings) Poisoning by noxious gas. The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte. (manufacturing, historical) The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres. Any similar process of singeing. (slang) boasting; insincere or empty talk ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Makasar == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *kɨssiŋ (“good”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡasːiŋ/ Hyphenation: gas‧sing === Adjective === gassing (Lontara spelling ᨁᨔᨗ) strong, healthy, powerful, mighty, highly capable === Adverb === gassing (Lontara spelling ᨁᨔᨗ) quite often, frequently ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN