Usually means: Liquid overflowing during heating process.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word boil over:

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  1. boil over: Merriam-Webster
  2. boil over: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. boil over: Collins English Dictionary
  4. boil over: Vocabulary.com
  5. boil over: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. boil over: Wiktionary
  7. boil-over: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. boil-over, boil over: Dictionary.com
  9. boil over: Rhymezone
  10. boil over: FreeDictionary.org
  11. boil over: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. boil over: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. boil over: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. boil over: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. boil over: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (boil over)

verb:  (intransitive) To boil to such an extent as to overflow its container.
verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic, of anger, etc.) To reach the point where aggressive action is taken.
verb:  (intransitive) To act aggressively angry.
verb:  (intransitive, of horse(s)) To buck aggressively.

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