boiling

1. 1.

   extremely

   “boiling mad”

   colloquialism

Other forms of boiling

plural

boilings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about boiling

What does boiling mean?

boiling means "the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in boiling?

boiling has 2 syllables: boi-ling. The stress falls on "boi". In IPA it is /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/.

What is another word for boiling?

Close synonyms include stewing, simmering. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is boiling a common word?

boiling is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.