cool.html - See: PLOW ONE'S COOL.

cool.html - {adj. phr.}, {informal} Very calm and brave; not nervous, worried, or anxious; not excited; composed. * /Bill is a good football quarterback, always cool as a cucumber./

cool.html - {n.} Someone who is calm and in total control of himself; someone showing little emotion. * /Jim never gets too excited about anything; he is a cool customer./

cool.html - {v.} To lose or cause to lose the heat of any deep feeling (as love, enthusiasm, or anger); make or become calm, cooled or indifferent; lose interest. * /A heated argument can be settled better if both sides cool down first./ * /John was deeply in love with Sally before he left for college, but he cooled off before he got back./ * /Their friendship cooled off when Jack gave up football./ * /The neighbor's complaint about the noise cooled the argument down./

cool.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To be kept waiting by another's pride or rudeness; be forced to wait by someone in power or authority; wait. * /He cooled his heels for an hour in another room before the great man would see him ./ * /I was left to cool my heels outside while the others went into the office./

cool.html - adj., n., & v. --adj.

1 of or at a fairly low temperature, fairly cold (a cool day; a cool bath).
2 suggesting or achieving coolness (cool colours; cool clothes).
3 calm, unexcited.
4 lacking zeal or enthusiasm.
5 unfriendly; lacking cordiality (got a cool reception).
6 (of jazz playing) restrained, relaxed.
7 calmly audacious (a cool customer).
8 (prec. by a) colloq. at least; not less than (cost me a cool thousand).
9 sl. esp. US excellent, marvellous.

--n.

1 coolness.
2 cool air; a cool place.
3 sl. calmness, composure (keep one's cool; lose one's cool).

--v.

tr. & intr. (often foll. by down, off) make or become cool.

cool-bag (or -box) an insulated container for keeping food cool. cool-headed not easily excited. cool one's heels see HEEL(1) ). cooling-off period an interval to allow for a change of mind before commitment to action. cooling tower a tall structure for cooling hot water before reuse, esp. in industry. cool it sl. relax, calm down.

coolish adj. coolly adv. coolness n. [OE col, colian, f. Gmc: cf. COLD]