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The definition of cool
19 Definitions of: cool
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- adjective, moderately cold
- adjective, comfortably free of heat
- adjective, producing a pleasant feeling of coldness
- adjective, able to conceal emotion; calm
- adjective, lacking in enthusiasm, affection, cordiality, etc
- adjective, calmly audacious or impudent
- adjective, (esp of numbers, sums of money, etc) without exaggeration; actual
- adjective, (of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; cold
- adjective, (of jazz) characteristic of the late 1940s and early 1950s, economical and rhythmically relaxed
- adjective, sophisticated or elegant, esp in an unruffled way
- adjective, excellent; marvellous
- adverb, in a cool manner; coolly
- noun, coolness
- noun, slang calmness; composure (esp in the phrases keep or lose one's cool)
- noun, slang unruffled elegance or sophistication
- verb, to make or become cooler
- verb, to lessen the intensity of (anger or excitement) or (of anger or excitement) to become less intense; calm down
- verb, cool it slang to calm down; take it easy
- verb, cool one's heels to wait or be kept waiting
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