1of or at a fairly low temperature:it’ll be a cool afternoonthe wind kept them cool
soothing or refreshing because of its low temperature:a long, cool glass of orange juice
(especially of clothing) keeping one from becoming too hot:a cool cotton dress
(of a colour) containing pale blue, green, or grey tones:the bathroom was all glass and cool, muted blues
2showing no friendliness towards a person or enthusiasm for an idea or project:he gave a cool reception to the suggestion for a research centre
free from excitement, anxiety, or excessive emotion:he prided himself on keeping a cool headshe seems cool, calm, and collected
(of jazz) restrained and relaxed.
3 informal fashionably attractive or impressive:youngsters are turning to smoking because they think it makes them appear cool
excellent: [as exclamation]:our office was a sunny room with a computer you didn’t even have to plug in. Cool!
used to express acceptance of or agreement with something:if people want to freak out at our clubs, that’s coolI told Bill that I was going to write the final draft of the script and he was cool with that
4 (a cool ——) informal used to emphasize the size of an amount of money:research for a new drug can cost a cool £50 million
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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 day
2calmness; composure:he recovered his cool and then started laughing at us
3the quality of being fashionably attractive or impressive:all the cool of high fashion
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become or make less hot: [no object]:we dived into the river to cool off [with object]:cool the pastry for five minutes
become or make calm or less excited: [no object]:after I’d cooled off, I realized I was being irrational [with object]:George was trying to cool him down
[no object] (cool out) chiefly West Indian relax:a dreamy spot full of sunshine and sea where you could cool out and detox
cool it!
informal behave in a less excitable manner:cool it and tell me why you’re so ecstatic