cool
IPA: kˈuɫ
noun
- A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
- A calm temperament.
- The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
- A surname.
- (programming) Initialism of CLIPS Object-Oriented Language.
- Ellipsis of McCool.; A surname from Irish, anglicized form of McCool. [A surname from Irish.]
verb
- (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
- (transitive, literally) To make cooler, less warm.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (transitive, slang, dated) To kill, murder.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To relax, hang out.
adjective
- Of a mildly low temperature.
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
- Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
- (of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
- Calmly audacious.
- Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- (informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
- (informal, originally hipster slang) Fashionable; trendy and hip.
- (informal) All right; acceptable.
- (informal) Very interesting or exciting.
- (informal) (followed by with) Able to tolerate; to be fine with.
- (informal) (of a pair of people) Having good relations.
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