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HIGH-OCTANE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does high-octane mean?
• HIGH-OCTANE (adjective)
The adjective HIGH-OCTANE has 2 senses:
1. used of gasoline; having a high octane number
2. vigorously energetic or forceful
Familiarity information: HIGH-OCTANE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of gasoline; having a high octane number
Similar:
efficient (being effective without wasting time or effort or expense)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Vigorously energetic or forceful
Synonyms:
high-energy; high-octane; high-power; high-powered; high-voltage
Context example:
a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur
Similar:
dynamic; dynamical (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality)
Context examples
While you have the high-octane planet Mars behind you in January, make your list, check it twice, and go after what you want with great enthusiasm.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This turn to direct orbit will give Uranus high-octane energy and power.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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