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|koōl| adjective 1 of or at a fairly low temperature : it'll be a cool afternoon | the wind kept them cool. • soothing or refreshing because of its low temperature : a cool drink in the leafy shade | figurative the bathroom was all glass and cool, muted blues. • (esp. of clothing) keeping one from becoming too hot : wear your cool, comfortable shirts. • showing no friendliness toward a person or enthusiasm for an idea or project : he gave a cool reception to the suggestion for a research center. • free from excitement or anxiety : he prided himself on keeping a cool head | she seems cool, calm, and collected. • calmly audacious : such an expensive strategy requires cool nerves. • (of jazz, esp. modern jazz) restrained and relaxed. 2 informal fashionably attractive or impressive : I always wore sunglasses to look cool. • excellent : [as exclam. ] a computer you didn't even have to plug in. Cool! 3 ( a cool ——) informal used to emphasize a specified quantity or amount, esp. of money : a cool $15,000 to buy the franchise. noun 1 ( the cool) a fairly low temperature : the cool of the night air. • a time or place at which the temperature is pleasantly low : the cool of the evening. • calmness; composure : he recovered his cool and then started laughing at us. 2 the quality of being fashionably attractive or impressive : all the cool of high fashion. verb become or cause to become less hot : [ intrans. ] we dived into the river to cool off | figurative his feelings for her took a long time to cool | [ trans. ] cool the pastry for five minutes. • become or cause to become calm or less excited : [ intrans. ] after I'd cooled off, I realized I was being irrational | [ trans. ] George was trying to cool him down. • [usu. in imperative ] ( cool it) informal behave in a less excitable manner : “Cool it and tell me why you're so ecstatic.”

taste.

mania.

pink is finally the new black.