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aboil

US/əˈbɔɪl/

aboil adjective: in a boil; boiling.

Adjective

aboil (comparative more aboil, superlative most aboil)

  1. 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.1911, J. M. Barrie, chapter 7, in Peter and Wendy, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 94
    • Being a devotee of the Johnny Weismuller school of Tarzaning, no wasp-waisted cartoon character can get my blood aboil.1999 July 18, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta, Ga, page 8
  2. (figuratively) Heated up; excited.
    • He plugged on steadily, unmindful of where he was going. He was aboil with perturbation.1923, Donn Byrne, “Belfasters”, in Changeling and Other Stories,, New York: Century, page 100
    • 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.1981, Robert Stone, A Flag for Sunrise, New York: Knopf, page 87

Adverb

aboil (not comparable)

  1. In a boil; boiling.
  2. (figuratively) Heated up; excited.

aboil meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

aboil in Tamil

கொதித்துக்கொண்டு, குமுறிக்கொண்டு

aboil in Urdu

اُبَلتا ہُوا, کھولتا ہُوا, جوش میں آیا ہُوا

aboil in Kannada

ಕುದಿಯುತ್ತ

Forms of aboil

comparativemore aboil
superlativemost aboil

Origin of aboil

From a- (“in, on”) + boil.

Words that rhyme with aboil

18 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about aboil

What does aboil mean?
Aboil means in a boil; boiling.
What is aboil in Tamil?
Aboil in Tamil is கொதித்துக்கொண்டு, குமுறிக்கொண்டு. See Aboil meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aboil?
Aboil can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce aboil?
Aboil is pronounced /əˈbɔɪl/ (US).

Words near aboil in the dictionary

  1. abohm
  2. abohms
  3. aboideau
  4. aboideaus
  5. aboideaux
  6. aboil
  7. aboiteau
  8. aboiteaus
  9. aboiteaux
  10. abolish
  11. abolishable

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: aboil (page history and authors); aboil (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aboil (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aboil (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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