boiling

boil-ing · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    At the temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapor.

  2. 2.

    Extremely hot (of weather or temperature).

  3. 3.

    (Informal) Very angry.

  4. 4.

    Reaching or maintaining boiling temperature.

  5. 5.

    (Informal) Extremely; very.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    boiling point — Temperature at which liquid boils; point of extreme anger.
  • •
    boiling hot — Extremely hot.
  • •
    boiling mad — Furiously angry.

Related words

Antonyms: cold, freezing
See also: boil, boiled, hot, simmering
Synonyms: bubbling, scalding, simmering

Etymology

From boil + -ing. Boil comes from Old French boillir.