boily

B3O1I1L1Y4

adjective

Having the appearance of boiling.

Scrabble 10
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveboily (comparative more boily, superlative most boily)

comparative more boily · superlative most boily

  1. Having the appearance of boiling.

    […] an intimidating drop into a boily gorge, beneath the rotting skeleton of a high metal bridge.

    2004, Bridget Thomas, Scottish White Water: 2nd Edition, page 292

Origin

boil + -y

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

boily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boily

MLA

“boily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boily. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boily,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boily.

Source: boily on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.