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| 1. | [ adjective ] neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat | |
| Examples: | "a cool autumn day" "a cool room" "cool summer dresses" "cool drinks" "a cool breeze" |
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| Related terms: | warm water-cooled chill cooled precooled air-conditioned cooling air-cooled cold temperature | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make cool or cooler | |
| Synonyms: | chill cool_down | |
| Examples: | "Chill the food" |
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| Related terms: | heat change ice quench refrigerate cooling cooler cooling_system cooler | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] calm and unemotional | |
| Examples: | "play it cool" "he doesn't seem excited on the contrary his demeanor is cool and nonchalant" |
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| Related terms: | unexcited | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional | |
| Synonyms: | nerveless coolheaded | |
| Examples: | "play it cool" "keep cool" "stayed coolheaded in the crisis" "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament" |
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| Related terms: | composed | |
| 5. | [ verb ] loose heat; The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm" | |
| Synonyms: | cool_down chill | |
| Related terms: | heat change_state cooling chill coolant | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike | |
| Examples: | "relations were cool and polite" "a cool reception" "cool to the idea of higher taxes" |
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| Related terms: | warm chilly unresponsive cold unemotional unfriendly unagitated emotionality | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] (informal) fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept | |
| Examples: | "he's a cool dude" "that's cool" "Mary's dress is really cool" "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism fashionable felicitous | |
| 8. | [ verb ] lose intensity | |
| Synonyms: | cool_off cool_down | |
| Examples: | "His enthusiasm cooled considerably" |
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| Related terms: | change | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] (music) restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat | |
| Examples: | "cool jazz" |
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| Related terms: | hot | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] (informal) very good | |
| Synonyms: | great swell bully keen dandy cracking peachy neat nifty not_bad groovy slap-up corking smashing bang-up | |
| Examples: | "a bully pulpit" "a neat sports car" "had a great time at the party" "you look simply smashing" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism good | |
| 11. | [ noun ] the quality of being cool | |
| Examples: | : "the cool of early morning" |
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| Related terms: | coldness | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] (informal; of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification | |
| Synonyms: | unqualiied | |
| Examples: | "a cool million bucks" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism unqualified | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] disinterested or dispassionate | |
| Examples: | "made a cool appraisal of all the issues in the dispute" |
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| Related terms: | objective | |
| 14. | [ adjective ] (informal) marked by great skill or facility | |
| Examples: | "cool maneuvers on the parallel bars" |
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| Related terms: | skilled | |
| 15. | [ adjective ] feeling or showing no enthusiasm | |
| Synonyms: | cold | |
| Examples: | "a cold audience" "a cold response to the new play" |
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| Related terms: | unenthusiastic | |
| 16. | [ adjective ] (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets | |
| Examples: | "cool greens and blues and violets" |
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| Related terms: | warm cold | |
| 17. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6327 | |
| 18. | [ noun ] great coolness and composure under strain | |
| Synonyms: | aplomb sang-froid poise self-possession assuredness | |
| Examples: | "keep your cool" |
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| Related terms: | composure brace | |
| Similar spelling: |
coyol cooly col Cooley coolly coolie coil Cola Cole Coll coal cowl colly Coale Coley Coyle coyly Coull Colley Cowell Cowley Cohill Coello Coelho Collie |
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