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roil

roil [ royl ] (3rd person present singular roils, present participle roiling, past and past participle roiled)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb make or become opaque: to stir up a liquid so that the sediment becomes dispersed through the liquid and makes it cloudy, or become cloudy with sediment by being stirred

2. transitive verb North America make somebody angry: to anger or annoy somebody

3. intransitive verb regional be boisterous: to behave in a loud, rowdy way

[Late 16th century. < ?]

roily adjective
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