ing- used as an adverb modifying an adjective It is piping hot,steaming hot,scalding hot It is freezing cold. She was dripping wet,soaking wet,wringing wet

It can be, or it can simply be an adjective to give us more information, fun and color about the noun it's hanging out and messing around with; when you use it to punch up emphasizing then you are happy talking in English and the sky is the limit and I even know a joke about that. Language is a tool and you use it to express whatever you want, in whatever way you want. My Skype: brian.madden4