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View synonyms for steaming

steaming

/ ˈstiːmɪŋ /

adjective

  1. very hot
  2. informal.
    angry
  3. slang.
    drunk
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. informal.
    robbery, esp of passengers in a railway carriage or bus, by a large gang of armed youths
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Young American women meanwhile are steaming ahead.

From BBC

At nearby Cafe Noglish, owner Anne Britt, 56, is steaming milk to make a cappuccino.

From BBC

The chain was characterized by a logo that included a smiling Depression-era woman in an apron presenting a fresh platter of steaming vinyl.

Certainly, the Iranians noticed the two U.S. aircraft carriers steaming into the eastern Mediterranean, ready to deter and deal with any attacks on Israel.

From Slate

And in an end-of-episode closer about the “Real Housewives of Santa Fe,” the sketch was more about steaming fajitas than the featured housewives.

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