Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom was boiling up with a fever and hallucinating.

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  2. There could have been a serious accident on the stairs while you were carrying boiling-hot stew up them.

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Meaning

1 senses

  1. (New Zealand)A traditionally Māori soup/stew made with potatoes, pork and other ingredients.

Forms

plural: boil ups
Singularboil up
Pluralboil ups

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bohemianboilA2boilerboilingB2

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