steaming

British  

/ ˈstiːmɪŋ /

adjective

1. very hot

2. informal angry

3. slang drunk

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noun

1. informal robbery, esp of passengers in a railway carriage or bus, by a large gang of armed youths

Example Sentences

Other ships are steaming in to enter the fray.

From The Wall Street Journal

I detected a touch of laughter in my aunt’s manner that first evening at supper as she helped pass the steaming bowls of stew down the line to the other boarders.

From Literature

“Wash your hands,” Mom says, bringing a bowl with a steaming pile of something green to the table.

From Literature

Coast Guard to conduct a right-of-visit boarding before reaching Venezuela, the Bella 1’s crew made a U-turn and began steaming into the Atlantic.

From The Wall Street Journal

But something clicked on the third day as she sat, a steaming mug of coffee in hand, on a small whale-watching boat motoring across the foggy Clayoquot Sound.

From The Wall Street Journal