I. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of boilen
1.
a. : heated to the boiling point : bubbling from the action of heat
b. : intensely hot : torrid
under a boiling sun
2.
a. : violently agitated : marked by swirling and eddying : seething
winds whipped the boiling sea
b. : intensely moved or stirred up
boiling with anger
• boil·ing·ly adverb
II. adverb
1. : to a boiling degree
some boiling hot coffee
2. : extremely , very
boiling mad
they got boiling drunk
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of boilen
1. : the action of boiling : subjection to boiling
2. archaic : group , batch , lot
the handsomest woman of her day, and the cleverest, the nicest, the best of the whole boiling — George Meredith