Aboil

//əˈbɔɪl// adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    Heated up; excited. figuratively

    "He plugged on steadily, unmindful of where he was going. He was aboil with perturbation."

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a boil; boiling. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Heated up; excited. figuratively, not-comparable

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From a- (“in, on”) + boil.

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