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make one's blood boil

blood
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bluhd]
    • /meɪk wʌnz blʌd bɔɪl/
    • /meɪk wʌnz blʌd bɔɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bluhd]
    • /meɪk wʌnz blʌd bɔɪl/

Definitions of make one's blood boil words

  • noun make one's blood boil the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended. 1
  • noun make one's blood boil the vital principle; life: The excitement had got into the very blood of the nation. 1
  • noun make one's blood boil a person or group regarded as a source of energy, vitality, or vigor: It's time we got some new blood in this company. 1
  • noun make one's blood boil one of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing cheerfulness. 1
  • noun make one's blood boil bloodshed; gore; slaughter; murder: to avenge the blood of his father. 1
  • noun make one's blood boil the juice or sap of plants: the blood of the grape. 1
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Origin of make one's blood boil

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English blo(o)d, Old English blōd; cognate with Old Frisian, Old Saxon blōd, Old High German bluot (German Blut), Old Norse blōth, Gothic bloth < Germanic *blōdan, an old neuter adj. meaning “spurting” that accompanied the lost IE noun *HesHr (> Hittite eshar) blood; akin to bloom1; for the meaning cf. spurt and sprout

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Parts of speech for Make one's blood boil

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make one's blood boil popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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