To manipulate events and situations in order to make a person believe that he or she is crazy.

From the 1944 movie with Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman.
He kept stealing her keys and putting them in the freezer in order to gaslight her.
by wolfie toutomoutochan February 11, 2005
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Doesn’t exist. You made it up cause you’re fucking crazy
Damn she's fucking crazy. She totally thinks gaslighting exists.
by gflam November 18, 2019
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Making someone feel as if they’re fucking nuts
eli is gaslighting me when we have talks at parties.
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"Those thugs are trying to gaslight the count" (Capt. Binghamton; Season 4, Episode 29 of "McHale's Navy").
by OED-hamlet January 9, 2013
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When you fart into a lit match and it explodes
I had like 4 bowls of chili at Rick's Superbowl party. The resulting fart was brilliant, as was the size of the flame it produced. A proper halftime gaslighting.
by SnowmansChance December 26, 2019
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