adj
aboil
Aboil (adj) means Boiling, or at boiling point.
adj
1
Boiling, or at boiling point.
"The stove is full, with corned beef asimmer in one pot, cabbage aboil in another, and vegetable soup asteam in a third."
— Patrick Livingston, Eight Steamboats: Sailing Through the Sixties (2004)
"Being a devotee of the Johnny Weismuller school of Tarzaning, no wasp-waisted cartoon character can get my blood aboil."
— The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta (1999)
2
Worked up or excited.
"At ten o’clock on the morning of his third visit, Pablo found himself aboil with rage and sweat, glaring into the druggist’s thick horn-rimmed spectacles in an attempt to engage the dead bug eyes behind them."
— Robert Stone, A Flag for Sunrise (1981)
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What is the meaning of aboil?
"aboil" (adj) means boiling, or at boiling point.
What are the different meanings of aboil?
"aboil" has 2 main meanings: 1. Boiling, or at boiling point; 2. Worked up or excited.
