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cool adj 1 between cold and warm; fairly cold. 2 pleasantly fresh; free of heat • a cool breeze. 3 calm; laid-back • He was very cool under pressure. 4 lacking enthusiasm; unfriendly • a cool response. 5 impudent; audacious; brazen. 6 said of a large sum: exact; at least • made a cool million. 7 colloq admirable; excellent. 8 said of colours: suggestive of coolness, typically pale and containing blue. 9 sophisticated. noun 1 a cool part or period; coolness • the cool of the evening. 2 colloq self-control; composure • keep your cool. verb (cooled, cooling) tr & intr (often cool down or off) 1 to become cool. 2 to become less interested or enthusiastic • Martin had cooled towards Pat since her behaviour at the office party. coolly adverb in a cool manner. coolness noun. Cool it! colloq Calm down! cool one's heels to be kept waiting. play it cool to deal with a situation calmly but warily.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon col.