noun exposure to the action of a hot liquid.
2. boiling ·noun the act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.
3. boiling ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of boil.
4. boiling ·adj heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion.