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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪlɪŋ
- Hyphenation: boil‧ing
Verb
[edit]boiling
- present participle and gerund of boil
Noun
[edit]boiling (countable and uncountable, plural boilings)
- (countable) The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.
- (countable, figurative) A turmoil; a disturbance like that of bubbling water.
- (uncountable) An animation style with constantly changing wavy outlines, giving a shimmering or wobbling appearance.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]process of changing the state of a substance
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Adjective
[edit]boiling (comparative more boiling, superlative most boiling)
- That boils or boil.
- boiling kettle boiling oil
- (informal, hyperbolic) Of a thing: extremely hot or active.
- The radiator is boiling – I’m going to turn it down a bit.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Conference in the Morning”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 130:
- With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which now, in mid-morning, was in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.
- 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, →ISBN, page 37:
- As I collected some individuals from a nest, an alarm was sent and a boiling mass of ants issued from the colony.
- (informal, hyperbolic) Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot.
- I’m boiling – can’t we open a window?
- (informal, hyperbolic) Of the weather: very hot.
- It’s boiling out today!
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]that boil(s)
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of a thing: extremely hot
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of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot
of the weather: very hot
Adverb
[edit]boiling (not comparable)
- (of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely
- He was boiling mad.
Further reading
[edit]- “boiling”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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