aboil

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aboil

/əˈbɔɪl/ US
/əˈbɔɪl̩/ US

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adjective more aboil · most aboil

In a boil; boiling. 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.
figuratively Heated up; excited. He plugged on steadily, unmindful of where he was going. He was aboil with perturbation.

adverb

not comparable In a boil; boiling.
figuratively, not comparable Heated up; excited.

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adj boiling

Português	fervente

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@misc{aboil_2026,
  title = {aboil},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aboil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}