Definition of "boiling"

boiling

/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/

verb
1. present participle and gerund of boil
noun
countable and uncountable, plural boilings
1. (countable) The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.
2. (countable, figurative) A turmoil; a disturbance like that of bubbling water.
3. (uncountable) An animation style with constantly changing wavy outlines, giving a shimmering or wobbling appearance.
adjective
comparative more boiling, superlative most boiling
1. That boils or boil.
2. (informal, hyperbolic) Of a thing: extremely hot or active.
  Quotations
  With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which now, in mid-morning, was in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.
  1963, Margery Allingham, “Conference in the Morning”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, page 130
  As I collected some individuals from a nest, an alarm was sent and a boiling mass of ants issued from the colony.
  2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, page 37
3. (informal, hyperbolic) Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot.
4. (informal, hyperbolic) Of the weather: very hot.
adverb
not comparable
1. (of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely