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Definition: Toasting |
ToastingNoun1. Cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "toasting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
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Transportation | In outer space, the heat from the Sun, unbroken by any atmosphere, is intense on one side while on the other side the cold is equally intense:a slow roll established with the reaction jets keeps the outside temperature of the spacecraft nicely balanced. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
It can also mean "making a toast".
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Toasting."
Synonym: ToastingSynonym: browning (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Toasting |
| English words defined with "toasting": Browning ♦ toaster, toaster oven, toasting fork. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "toasting": CHEESE TOASTER ♦ TOASTING IRON. (references) |
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Screenplays | Sucking my dick! (toasting with Johnny Crunch at the radio station) (The Adventures of Ford Fairlane; writing credit: Rex Weiner; James Cappe) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Men toasting each other possibly in front of a bar, Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Toasting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 94.55% of the time. "Toasting" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 94.55% | 52 | 47,145 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.64% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.82% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 55 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "toasting": toasting fork. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "toasting": toasting-fork. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "toasting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pirun i gjatë për tiganisjen e bukës (toasting-fork). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 敬' (toasted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | grillspydrotation (barbecue manoeuvre), grillspydbevægelse (barbecue manoeuvre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | grillage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | toastend, röstend (parching, roasting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διατοιχισμός εξισορρόπησης εξωτερικών θερμοκρασιών (barbecue manoeuvre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קלי" (roasting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kenyérpirító villa (toasting-fork). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 寿盃 (drinking to someone's health). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じゅはい (drinking to someone's health). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 건배. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | greddey (broil; spanking, broiling, devil, grill, grilling, heat, parch, roast, toast), greddaney (grill, parch), giu slaynt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oastingtay manobra tipo "barbecue". (various references) поднимать тост. (various references) vrsta viljuške (toasting-fork). (various references) maniobra barbacoa (barbecue manoeuvre), barbacoa (barbecue). (various references) grillgaffel (toasting-fork). (various references) sự nướng sự sưởi ấm sự chuốc rượu mừng, sự nâng cốc chúc mừng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Toasting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Tomassini. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "toasting" (pronounced tō"sting) |
| 5 | -ō" s t i ng | boasting, coasting, hosting, posting, roasting. |
| 4 | -s t i ng | accosting, adjusting, arresting, assisting, attesting, besting, blacklisting, blasting, boosting, breasting, broadcasting, bursting, busting, casting, coexisting, composting, consisting, contesting, contrasting, costing, cresting, defrosting, delisting, digesting, disgusting, divesting, dusting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, everlasting, exhausting, existing, fasting, feasting, forecasting, frosting, gusting, harvesting, Hasting, hoisting, ingesting, insisting, interesting, investing, jousting, lambasting, lasting, listing, lusting, manifesting, molesting, nesting, ousting, pasting, persisting, preexisting, protesting, readjusting, recasting, reinvesting, requesting, resisting, resting, retesting, rusting, suggesting, tasting, testing, thrusting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, uninteresting, vesting, wasting, wresting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, associating, attempting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, betting, biting, bitting, blanketing, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boating, bolting, booting, boycotting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coating, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contracting, contradicting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, faulting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, homeporting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lamenting, laminating, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, malting, mandating, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, rerouting, resenting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, thermosetting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, writing, yachting. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-n-o-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: agonist, gitanos, stating, station, tasting. | |
-2 letters: gainst, giants, gitano, ingots, sating, stingo, stotin, taints, tangos, tanist, tigons, titans, tongas, toting. | |
-3 letters: agios, agist, agons, angst, antis, gains, gaits, giant, gnats, goats, gonia, ingot, iotas, ostia, saint, santo, satin, staig, stain, stang, sting, stint, stoai, stoat, tains, taint, tango, tangs, tanto, tigon, tings, tints. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-n-o-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: gestation, gustation. | |
+2 letters: agitations, antagonist, gestations, gustations, guttations, instigator, negotiants, negotiates, nostalgist, outfasting, outlasting, outskating, outstaring, outstating, outstaying, outtasking, outwasting, postdating, postmating, stagnation, stationing, totalising. | |
+3 letters: antagonists, anthologist, castigation, coattesting, cogitations, contrasting, degustation, foretasting, fustigation, geobotanist, gestational, instigation, instigators, integrators, litigations, mitigations, negotiators, nostalgists, outboasting, outfeasting, outsmarting, outstanding, outstarting, overstating, postulating, prostrating, protagonist, stagflation, stagnations, stocktaking, subtotaling, tobogganist, vegetations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 61 73 74 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- .- ... - .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01100001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o a s t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 0061 0073 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5481678586758073 |
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