Boiling

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪlɪŋ

Verb

1. Present participle of boil

Noun

1. The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

Full definition of boiling

Adjective

1. That boils or boil.
   boiling kettle
   boiling' oil
2. (of a thing, informal, hyperbole) Extremely hot or active.
• 1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter 10, With a little manÅ“uvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was … in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.
3. The radiator is boiling – I'm going to turn it down a bit.
4. (of a person, informal, hyperbole) Feeling uncomfortably hot.
   I'm boiling – can't we open a window?
5. (of the weather, hyperbole) Very hot.
   It's boiling out today!

Derived terms

• boiling hot

Adverb

1. (of adjectives associated with heat) ExtremelyHe was boiling mad.