- present participle of steam.
steaming
Britishadjective
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very hot
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informal angry
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slang drunk
noun
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The meat, cured at Burbank’s RC Provisions with a proprietary recipe developed by Al Langer, still gets a lengthy — and costly — steaming after it arrives at the restaurant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Wall Street’s AI train is still steaming ahead, even after the technology’s leaders called for a slowdown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
At the Times Square location at noon on a steaming Wednesday in August, I got a taste of just how intense the fandom has become.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Possibly singed and mostly sandy, they storm the Mediterranean and return to their grills wet, steaming, and triumphant.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s Ash, and he has a steaming mug in each hand.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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