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Webster 1913 Edition

Gaslight

Gas′lightˊ

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Noun.
1.
The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.
2.
A gas jet or burner.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gaslight

GAS'LIGHT

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Noun.
Light produced by the combustion of carbureted hydrogen gas. Gaslights are now substituted for oil lights, in illuminating streets and apartments in houses.

Definition 2024

gaslight

gaslight

English

Alternative forms

Noun

gaslight ‎(plural gaslights)

  1. (Britain) The light produced by burning piped illuminating gas.
  2. (Britain) A lamp which operates by burning gas.

Translations

Verb

gaslight ‎(third-person singular simple present gaslights, present participle gaslighting, simple past and past participle gaslighted or gaslit)

  1. (slang) To manipulate someone psychologically such that they question their own sanity.

See also

Etymology

gas +‎ light. The verb sense derives from the 1938 stage play Gas Light, in which a husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment.

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