Aboil
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈbɔɪl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Aboil is an adjective meaning In a boil; boiling.
Meaning
In a boil; boiling.
More Meanings
- (figurative) Heated up; excited.
Example Sentences
He plugged on steadily, unmindful of where he was going. He was aboil with perturbation.
Being a devotee of the Johnny Weismuller school of Tarzaning, no wasp-waisted cartoon character can get my blood aboil.
The stove is full, with corned beef asimmer in one pot, cabbage aboil in another, and vegetable soup asteam in a third.
The cooking, I can tell you, kept her nose to the pot, and even if there was nothing in it, even though there was no pot, she had to keep watching that it came aboil just the same.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bubbling, seething, boiled, boiling, searing, ebullient.
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