toasting

v. brown by exposure to heat, cook (bread, breadstuff, etc.) by exposing to heat, crisp, make crisp and brown by heat; warm at a fire; propose or drink a toast, drink in honor of; become toasted

For other meanings see Toast (disambiguation). Toasting, Chatting, or Deejaying is the act of talking or chanting over a rhythm or beat. The lyrics can be both improvised or pre-written. Toasting has been used in various African traditions, such as griots chanting over a drum beat, Jamaican Music forms, such as Dancehall, Reggae, Ska, Dub, and lovers rock. Toasting's mix of talking and chanting may have influenced the development of rapping in US hip hop music. The combination of singing and toasting is known as singjaying.
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a. & n. from Toast, v.

  

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Toast
  

<jargon> 1. Any completely inoperable system or component, especially one that has just crashed and burned: "Uh, oh ... I think the serial board is toast."
2. To cause a system to crash accidentally, especially in a manner that requires manual rebooting. "Rick just toasted the firewall machine again."
Compare fried.
(1995-05-01)

Noun
1. cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread"
(synonym) browning
(hypernym) cooking, cookery, preparation
(derivation) toast, crisp

Noun
1. slices of bread that have been toasted
(hypernym) bread, breadstuff, staff of life
(hyponym) cinnamon toast
(derivation) crisp
2. a celebrity who receives much accalim and attention; "he was the toast of the town"
(hypernym) celebrity, famous person
3. a person in desperate straits; someone doomed; "I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work"; "one mistake and you're toast"
(synonym) goner
(hypernym) desperate
4. a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
(synonym) pledge
(hypernym) drink
(derivation) drink, pledge, salute, wassail
Verb
1. make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"
(synonym) crisp
(hypernym) heat, heat up
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation
2. propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"
(synonym) drink, pledge, salute, wassail
(hypernym) honor, honour, reward
(hyponym) give
(entail) drink, booze, fuddle
(derivation) pledge