roils

Verb

roil (third-person singular simple present roils, present participle roiling, simple past and past participle roiled)

1. (transitive, especially a liquid) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
   • to roil wine, cider, etc, in casks or bottles

   Synonyms:

   agitate, inturbidate, stir, stir up

2. (transitive) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
   • That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him exceedingly.1890, Roger North, Lives of the Norths

   Synonyms:

   irritate, rile, rile up, stir up, aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting

3. (intransitive) To bubble, seethe.
   • By noon, Brian's stomach had begun to roil and knot. He hurried down to the bathroom at the end of the hall in his stocking feet, closed the door, and vomited into the toilet bowl as quietly as he could.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
4. (intransitive) To romp or tumble.
   • The finale was a romp in which the entire troupe burst out of the bouldering cave and roiled along the walls.1991, Climbing - Issues 127-129, page 34