steaming
adjective
[ ˈstiːmɪŋ ]
• giving off steam.
• "a basin of steaming water"
• extremely drunk.
• "Jock was steaming after a particularly hospitable Hogmanay"
• very angry.
steaming
noun
• the process or technique of cooking food by heating it in steam from boiling water.
• "steaming is a good way to cook vegetables as it helps preserve their nutritional value"
• the practice of a gang of thieves moving rapidly through a public place, stealing things or robbing people on the way.
• "steaming is not restricted to tube trains"
steam
verb
• give off or produce steam.
• "a mug of coffee was steaming at her elbow"
• cook (food) by heating it in steam from boiling water.
• "steam the vegetables until just tender"
• (of a ship or train) travel somewhere under steam power.
• "the 11.54 steamed into the station"
• be or become extremely agitated or angry.
• "you got all steamed up over nothing!"
Similar:
become agitated,
get worked up,
get overwrought,
get flustered,
panic,
become panic-stricken,
get het up,
get into a state,
get into a tizzy,
get uptight,
get into a stew,
get the willies,
get the heebie-jeebies,
go into a flat spin,
have kittens,
have an attack of the wobblies,
become very angry,
become enraged,
go into a rage,
lose one's temper,
go/get mad,
go crazy,
go wild,
see red,
go bananas,
hit the roof,
go through the roof,
go up the wall,
go off the deep end,
fly off the handle,
blow one's top,
blow a fuse/gasket,
lose one's rag,
go ape,
flip,
flip one's lid,
go non-linear,
go ballistic,
go psycho,
go crackers,
go spare,
do one's nut,
flip one's wig,
blow one's lid/stack,
go apeshit,
Opposite:
calm down,
Origin:
Old English stēam ‘vapour’, stēman ‘emit a scent, be exhaled’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stoom ‘steam’.
