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staying frosty

staying frosty is the present participle and gerund of stay frosty.

Meaning of stay frosty

Verb

stay frosty (third-person singular simple present stays frosty, present participle staying frosty, simple past and past participle stayed frosty)

  1. (slang) To be alert and ready for action, without letting one's fear or other emotions get in the way.
    • 1986, 'Corporal Hicks', Aliens (movie): We're all in strung out shape, but stay frosty, and alert
  2. (slang) To keep one's cool.
    • Chill out, stay frosty, be cool.1991, Leigh Daniels, The Basque Swallow, page 197
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, frosty.
    • Nonetheless, the fact of sanctions ensured that Tokyo-Pyongyang relations would stay frosty.1988, Country Report: China, North Korea, page 36

Questions about staying frosty

What is staying frosty the present participle and gerund of?
Staying frosty is the present participle and gerund of stay frosty.

Words near staying frosty in the dictionary

  1. staying
  2. staying at home
  3. staying away
  4. staying back
  5. staying behind
  6. staying frosty
  7. staying in
  8. staying in one's lane
  9. staying loose
  10. staying on
  11. staying out

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