hard-boil

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hard-boil

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Back-formation from hard-boiled.

verb hard-boils · hard-boiling · hard-boiled · hard boil · hardboil

transitive To cook (an egg) to a solid consistency: to cause to be hard-boiled.

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@misc{hard_boil_2026,
  title = {hard-boil},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hard-boil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}