Usually means: Bubbling as if boiling up.
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  1. aboil: Merriam-Webster
  2. aboil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. aboil: Collins English Dictionary
  4. aboil: Wordnik
  5. aboil: Wiktionary
  6. aboil: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. aboil: Dictionary.com
  8. aboil: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. aboil: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (aboil)

▸ adjective:  In a boil; boiling.
▸ adjective:  (figurative) Heated up; excited.
▸ adverb:  In a boil; boiling.
▸ adverb:  (figurative) Heated up; excited.

Similar:
boiled, boiling mad, searing, seething, ebullient, boiling-hot, high-boiling, boiling hot, blood-boiling, ablaze, more...

Opposite:
frozen, chilled, cold

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Similar:
boiled, boiling mad, searing, seething, ebullient, boiling-hot, high-boiling, boiling hot, blood-boiling, ablaze, more...

Opposite:
frozen, chilled, cold



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