steaming
Britishadjective
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very hot
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informal angry
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slang drunk
noun
Example Sentences
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Japanese macaques, better known as snow monkeys, are famous for sitting in steaming hot springs when temperatures drop.
From Science Daily
Its engine tick tick ticked, steaming against the cold.
From Literature
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"When I left, I left with nothing," he told AFP, as waiters whirled past carrying steaming plates of traditional Syrian fare.
From Barron's
Since that day, I’ve left my footprints in many lands: the frozen wastelands of the Arctic, the bush country of Old Mexico, and the steaming jungles of Yucatán.
From Literature
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Sometimes little things could make Red steaming mad.
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