What does roil mean?

Definitions for roil
rɔɪlroil

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word roil.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. churn, boil, moil, roilverb

    be agitated

    "the sea was churning in the storm"

  2. roil, rileverb

    make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

Wiktionary

  1. roilverb

    To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of

  2. roilverb

    To bubble, seethe.

  3. roilverb

    To annoy; to make someone angry.

  4. Etymology: Possibly from rouiller, from rouil, from *, from robigo

ChatGPT

  1. roil

    Roil is a verb that is frequently used to express the action of making someone or something annoyed or irritated. Additionally, it's a term used to describe the motion of a liquid being stirred or shaken so as to cause turmoil or turbulence. It can also refer to causing disorder or confusion.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Roil

    to render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring

  2. Roil

    to disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex

  3. Roilverb

    to wander; to roam

  4. Roilverb

    to romp

  5. Etymology: [Cf. OE. roilen to wander; possibly fr. OF. roeler to roll, equiv. to F. rouler. See Roll, v., and cf. Rile.]

Wikidata

  1. ROiL

    ROiL is a performance art troupe started in Portland, Maine now also based in Ithaca, New York and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. "ROiL" is not an acronym; it is a verb meaning "to render turbid by stirring up sediment"

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Roil

    roil, v.t. to render turbid: to vex: to rile: to salt fish with a machine called a Roil′er—also Royle.—adj. Roil′y, muddy. [O. Fr. roeler, roler, to disturb, cog. with roll; or O. Fr. roille—L. robigo, rust.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of roil in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of roil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of roil in a Sentence

  1. John LaForge:

    People like the safety for now. What would roil them a little bit and shake people out of REITs is if China and the U.S. do a trade deal.

  2. Oprah Winfrey:

    She was our conscience. Our seer. Our truth-teller, she was a magician with language, who understood the Power of words. She used them to roil us, to wake us, to educate us and help us grapple with our deepest wounds and try to comprehend them.

  3. Justin Fabo:

    China has huge potential to roil markets as the nation navigates a difficult structural transition, asian trade, traditionally a bellwether for global growth, is in recession.

  4. State John Kerry:

    It's not a coincidence that immediately prior to the civil war in Syria, the country experienced its worst drought on record. As many as 1.5 million people migrated from Syria's farms to its cities, intensifying the political unrest that was just beginning to roil and boil in the region.

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Translations for roil

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  • عكرArabic
  • trüben, ärgernGerman
  • enturbiar, molestar, enfurecerSpanish
  • samentaa, hämmentää, ärsyttääFinnish
  • irriter, fâcher, troubler, énerverFrench
  • felkavarHungarian
  • գրգռել, թափահարել, պղտորել, ջղայնացնել, խառնակելArmenian
  • intorbidare, rendere torbidoItalian
  • 濁るJapanese
  • kwaad maken, storen, ergerenDutch
  • incomodar, importunar, turbar, turvar, irritarPortuguese
  • supăra, irita, enervaRomanian
  • мутить, взбалтывать, замутить, взболтать, сердить, раздражать, взмутитьRussian
  • irritera, reta uppSwedish
  • ย่างThai

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