hard-boil

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English

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Etymology

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Back-formation from hard-boiled.

Verb

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hard-boil (third-person singular simple present hard-boils, present participle hard-boiling, simple past and past participle hard-boiled)

  1. (transitive) To cook (an egg) to a solid consistency: to cause to be hard-boiled.