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To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.transitive
- to roil wine, cider, etc, in casks or bottles
- to roil a spring
- 2
To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.transitive
- That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him exceedingly.
- […] and amid Musk’s sale of 10% of his Tesla stock, a process that roiled markets, cost him billions and should produce enough tax revenue to fund the Commerce Department for a year.
- 3
To bubble, seethe.intransitive
- By noon, Brian's stomach had begun to roil and knot. He hurried down to the bathroom at the end of the hall in his stocking feet, closed the door, and vomited into the toilet bowl as quietly as he could.
- These videos are the stone truth. Quaking proof of insult, seasick funerals. Livestreamed or uploaded, or suppressed then suspiciously unearthed as found footage. Last week, the archive grew by two, and now the nation’s roiling.
- 4
To romp or tumble.intransitive
- The finale was a romp in which the entire troupe burst out of the bouldering cave and roiled along the walls.
- As artists they were exploratory; in Rose Colored Dance they performed in playful embrace, smelled each other's feet, and roiled in mischief, rolling on top of each other.
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rɒil4 senses · 131 ms
Level C1GRE