aboil
Americanadverb
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Make the tea as soon as the water is aboil.
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in a state of excited activity.
The street was aboil with Saturday shoppers.
Etymology
Origin of aboil
Example Sentences
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The waterways that figure so prominently in the story—the Madison, among them—are aboil with trout.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
As World War II heats up, the Larranetas of San Diego are already aboil.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week�more than six months after the first atomic bomb exploded�the New Mexican soil which melted to greenish glass was still aboil with radioactivity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The typical cell, which may be only one twenty-five-thousandth of an inch long, is aboil with chemical action.
From Time Magazine Archive
It had been heating all morning and was nearly aboil.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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