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flaming

[ fley-ming ]

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adjective

emitting flames; blazing; burning; fiery.
like a flame in brilliance, heat, or shape.
intensely ardent or passionate:
flaming youth.
Informal. (used as an intensifier):
�� a flaming idiot!
Informal: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. (especially of a man) blatantly gay.

flaming

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Origin of flaming¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, flaming is from the Middle English word flammande; flame none, -ing ²none

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The mysterious, flaming hunk of metal traveled for several hours before smashing into a warehouse in the Polish village of Komorniki.

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He was born to pose backlit by a pyre of flaming zombies and does so here, with the hot wind tickling his locks perfectly.

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That drive guided him back to the game after flaming out as a young coach in the NBA.

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Footage posted on X purported to show flaming rocket debris falling over the Caribbean Sea.

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Uh, because it keeps the world from becoming a flaming dumpster fire.

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