torching

English

Verb

torching

1. present participle and gerund of torch

Noun

torching (countable and uncountable, plural torchings)

1. An act of arson.
   • 2007 September 23, David Bowman, “Torchlit Crit”, in New York Times‎:

     His attempt to find the real arsonist leads him to wonder if one of his newly alcoholic parents could have committed the torchings.

2. A way of catching fish at night with torchlight and spear.

See also

• burn the water

Anagrams

• troching