gasoline

noun

gas·​o·​line ˈga-sə-ˌlēn 

ˌga-sə-ˈlēn,

 also  -zə-

variants or less commonly gasolene

: a volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel especially for internal combustion engines and usually blended from several products of natural gas and petroleum

gasolinic

ˌga-sə-ˈlē-nik 

-ˈli-

adjective

Examples of gasoline in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Mark Whyte, 45 was doused with gasoline and lit on fire after a argument with the man outside the Nebula nightclub on W. 41st St. near Broadway. —Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025

California has already seen its gasoline prices rise. —Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images North America President Trump promised that during his presidency gasoline prices would drop and U.S. oil production would boom. —Camila Domonoske, NPR, 6 May 2025

In Green Bay, for example, GasBuddy listings showed unleaded 88 for anywhere between one and 14 cents cheaper than regular gasoline across the stations with the lowest prices as of Tuesday afternoon. —Addy Bink, The Hill, 29 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

gas entry 1 + -ol entry 2 + -ine entry 2 or -ene

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing gasoline

• jellied gasoline

Rhymes for gasoline

• acrolein
• adenine
• alkylene
• aniline
• anthracene
• aquiline
• asphaltene
• atlantean
• atrazine
• butadiene
• butylene
• caesarean

Kids Definition

gasoline

noun

gas·​o·​line ˈgas-ə-ˌlēn 

ˌgas-ə-ˈlēn

: a flammable liquid produced usually by blending products from natural gas and petroleum and used especially as a fuel for engines