Found 2 items, similar to roil.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: roil roil v 1: be agitated; “the sea was churning in the storm” [syn: churn, boil, moil] 2: make turbid by stirring up the sediments of [syn: rile]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Roil Roil \Roil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Roiling.] [Cf. OE. roilen to wander; possibly fr. OF. roeler to roll, equiv. to F. rouler. See Roll, v., and cf. Rile.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex. [1913 Webster] That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly. --R. North. [1913 Webster] Note: Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile. [1913 Webster] Roil \Roil\, v. i. 1. To wander; to roam. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. To romp. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]