gassing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of gas

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)Poisoning by noxious gas.
2. (uncountable, usually)The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte.
3. (historical, uncountable, usually)The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres.
4. (uncountable, usually)Any similar process of singeing.
5. (slang, uncountable, usually)boasting; insincere or empty talk

   “He bent over her shoulder and read, Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, I can't stand your gassing, oh, what a windbag, what will shut you up, shut up, shut up. And so ad infinitum. He was terribly hurt.”