cooln.1
/kuːl/, U.S. /kul/ 1. A cool breeze, a light and refreshing wind. Also cool of wind. Now chiefly Irish English.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > cold or cool wind > cool, refreshing wind
coola1393
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 3119 The wynd stod thanne noght amis, Bot evene topseil cole it blew.
1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. lij The wynde began to blowe a ryght good Coole in oure waye.
1530 tr. Caesar Commentaryes iii. 4 That he had a good and convenable time and also a good cole.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iii A mery coole of wynde them fast pursueth.
1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas sig. E 4 It is he [sc. Zephyrus] which for thy sake hath oft..comforted thee with a pleasing coole in extreame heate, to relieue thy faintnesse.
1996 T. P. Dolan & D. Ó Muirithe Dial. Forth & Bargy 24 Cool, a very light wind.
2003 J. Kiely Heat not Furnace viii. 199 A mist swept in from the south west bringing a very lively cool of wind with it.
2.
a. With the. The cool part or quality of a place, thing, or (esp.) time of day. Frequently with of.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > coolness > that which is cool
coolc1450
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 5534 To see quat selcuthe is seet in þe salt watir, How many kind of creatours þat in þe cole duellis.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 191 (MED) As they that wolde ride in the cole of the mornynge.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxvi. 227 It were good for us to aryse..it is good to ryde in the coole.
1530 Bible (Tyndale) Gen. iii. f. iiij They herd the voyce of the Lorde God as he walked in the garden in the coole of the daye.
1587 A. Day tr. J. Amyot Longus's Daphnis & Chloe sig. A4 How to driue their beasts to pasturing before the heat of the daie, and in the coole of the euening againe howe to guide them.
1655 W. Sales Theophania i. 17 She was departed early, to enjoy the cool of the morning.
a1689 A. Behn Widdow Ranter (1690) i. iii. 10 [I]'le not go till the Cool of the Evening, I love to ride in Fresco.
1713 J. Addison Cato iii But see where Lucia..Amid the cool of yon high marble arch, Enjoys the noon-day breeze!
1787 J. Byng Diary 10 Aug. in Torrington Diaries (1934) I. 312 I kept on, thinking it then better to push forward, in the cool of the morning, without stopping.
1863 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 171 He..goes for his ride in the cool of the evening.
1879 R. Browning Pheidippides 64 There in the cool of a cleft, sat he—majestical Pan!
1919 M. Sinclair Mary Olivier ii. vii. 61 Papa walked in the garden in the cool of the evening, like the Lord God.
1941 D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist ii. 14 Resting..I would lie on my back in the adobe room, on the cool of the tiles.
2002 Church Times 14 June 16/2 In the cool of the short nave, now a chapel dedicated to the Border Regiment, old battles beflagged the walls.
b. Coolness; cool conditions; an instance of this. Now rare.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > coolness
coolnessOE
refroidourc1475
coola1500
coolth1547
frescour1638
swalec1700
a1500 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 56 (MED) A pilion or taberd to wer in hete or cole.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xxv. B Like as the wynter coole in the haruest.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1109 There oft the Indian Herdsman shunning heate Shelters in coole . View more context for this quotation
1724 T. Cooke tr. Bion in tr. Moschus & Bion Idylliums 89 There's nothing, Cleodamus, like the Spring;..When nothing is unpleasant in our Way; But pure refreshing Cool, both Night and Day.
1799 C. B. Brown Edgar Huntly III. xxi. 29 I could float for hours on the surface, enjoying its [sc. water's] delicious cool, almost without the expense of the slightest motion.
1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes 133 Thou a grateful cool dost yield To the flocks that range afield.
1905 Westm. Gaz. 10 Nov. 2/1 He woke with a roaring of many waters in his ears, and a sense of curious cool in all his limbs.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun]
neshnesseOE
measurea1393
temperateness1398
lightness?a1425
moderation?a1425
cool1562
mildness1605
weakness1707
1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 4v Thou shalt quite forget thy loue, and passions past of olde... Now with healthy coole ytempred is the heate.
1575 E. Hake Commemoration Raigne Lady Elizabeth sig. Cv The coole of grace flowed ouer ye realme.
1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. ii. viii. 395 God loues to giue vs cooles, & heats in our desires.
1650 W. Brough Sacred Princ. 291 Men of Intemperate Heats and Cooles in Religion.
1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking ix. 42 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. To treat..of the Emollients and Opiats of Poesy, of the Cool, and the manner of producing it.
4. Originally U.S. A type of jazz music characterized by a restrained or relaxed style; cool jazz. Cf. cool adj. 2e.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > jazz > [noun] > types of
rooty-toot1852
soul music1920
Chicago1923
gutbucket1925
symphonic jazz1926
Dixieland1927
jive1928
white jazz1931
Harlem1934
jump1937
New Orleans1938
free jazz1941
progressive jazz1944
bebop1945
gypsy swing1945
modern jazz1946
bop1948
new jazz1949
cool1952
Afro-jazz1954
funk1954
gypsy jazz1955
trad jazz1955
trad1956
whorehouse music1956
new thing1962
fusion1965
1949 M. Davis et al. (title of album) Birth of the Cool.]
1952 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 29 Mar. 20/2 Some of the clearest exposition this reader has yet encountered of the whys, hows and wherefores of the jazz music known as ‘progressive’, ‘bop’, and ‘cool’.
1963 A. Baraka Blues People xii. 207 In many ways cool was a legitimate style of jazz music.
2006 J. Gennari Blowin' Hot & Cool v. 207 A stylistic panoply ranging from prewar Dixieland and swing to postwar bop and cool.
5.
a. U.S. slang. A truce between gangs.
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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [noun] > cessation from hostile proceedings
truce1377
recess1516
truce1560
armistice1736
pax1843
cool1958
1958 Daily Tel. 8 Apr. 11/8 Cool, an uneasy armistice between child-gangs.
1959 H. E. Salisbury Shook-up Generation iii. 47 A ‘cool’ was negotiated by street club workers. But it was an uneasy truce, often broken.
1993 NPR: All Things Considered (transcript of radio programme) (Nexis) 12 Apr. We have the gang-bangers and their leaders of the truce who are working with us to effect a cool.
b. slang (originally U.S.). Composure, relaxedness; poise, self-control. Esp. in to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > be in state of nervous excitement [verb (intransitive)]
to take ona1450
seethe1609
trepidate1623
to take on oneself1632
flutter1668
pother1715
to be upon the nettle (also in a nettle)1723
to be nerve all over1778
to be all nerve1819
to be (all) on wires1824
to break up1825
to carry on1828
to be on (occasionally upon or on the) edge1872
faff1874
to have kittens1900
flap1910
to be in, get in(to), a flap1939
to go sparec1942
to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964
faffle1965
to get one's knickers in a twist1971
to have a canary1971
to wet one's pants1979
tweak1981
the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [noun]
repressiona1413
governailc1425
willc1480
self-rule1532
coldness1548
stay1556
presentness of mind1598
coolness1607
cold blooda1609
temper1611
self-discipline1612
retention?1615
presence of mind?1624
self-governance1630
retentiveness1641
self-command1651
self-mastery1652
self-control1653
self-direction1653
self-restraint1656
self-possession1665
possessednessa1698
self-regulation1698
possession1703
retenue1747
sang-froid1750
self-collection1761
render1768
self-collectedness1805
self-repression1821
self-containedness1835
unimpulsiveness1860
cool-headedness1881
sophrosyne1889
cool1964
the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > maintain self-control [verb (intransitive)]
to keep one's countenance1470
to get above ——1603
to keep one's head1717
keep your shirt on1844
to keep one's hair on1883
to keep one's wool1890
not to bat an eye, eyelid1904
to keep one's pants on1928
to play it cool1955
to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964
the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (intransitive)] > become angry
wrethec900
wrothc975
abelghec1300
to move one's blood (also mood)c1330
to peck moodc1330
gremec1460
to take firea1513
fumec1522
sourdc1540
spitec1560
to set up the heckle1601
fire1604
exasperate1659
to fire up1779
to flash up1822
to get one's dander up1831
to fly (occasionally jump, etc.) off (at) the handle1832
to have (also get) one's monkey up1833
to cut up rough, rusty, savage1837
rile1837
to go off the handle1839
to flare up1840
to set one's back up1845
to run hot1855
to wax up1859
to get one's rag out1862
blow1871
to get (also have) the pricker1871
to turn up rough1872
to get the needle1874
to blaze up1878
to get wet1898
spunk1898
to see red1901
to go crook1911
to get ignorant1913
to hit the ceiling1914
to hit the roof1921
to blow one's top1928
to lose one's rag1928
to lose one's haira1930
to go up in smoke1933
hackle1935
to have, get a cob on1937
to pop (also blow) one's cork1938
to go hostile1941
to go sparec1942
to do one's bun1944
to lose one's wool1944
to blow one's stack1947
to go (also do) one's (also a) dingerc1950
rear1953
to get on ignorant1956
to go through the roof1958
to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964
to lose ita1969
to blow a gasket1975
to throw a wobbler1985
1964 Times Record (Troy, N.Y.) 28 Feb. 21/2 Sonny just went to pieces. He lost his cool.
1966 New Yorker 18 June 37 I'll bet that old guy has never blown his cool.
1967 Listener 19 Jan. 101/2 Professor Marcus consistently keeps his cool when sex is being discussed; all the four-letter words are used without blanching.
1970 New Yorker 14 May 34/1 It was beautiful to go through the world like this in childlike cool.
1982 S. Bellow Dean's Daughter x. 196 I made a particular effort now to recover my interviewer's detachment or professional cool.
1996 Just Seventeen 14 Aug. 58/5 Keep your cool, don't give them the mouthful they deserve else things could get nasty.
2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Dec. 8/3 Finally, someone lost his cool.
6. colloquial (originally U.S.). The quality or condition of being cool (cool adj. 8); hipness, stylishness.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun]
fashionableness1640
à-la-modeness1669
modishness1676
à la modality1753
tonishness1780
style1807
stylishnessa1817
fashionability1840
swellishness1863
hep1899
hipness1937
coolness1951
hip1956
cool1962
hipdom1962
with-it-ness1963
funkiness1974
1962 S. Sullivan Shortest Gladdest Years 90 It was the final unqualified quintessence of Cool.
1970 Globe Mag. (Toronto) 26 Sept. 21 He walks along the planked boardwalk,..and he looks at nothing, just ahead as he concentrates on his cool.
1989 Car & Driver Oct. 3/3 When's the last time you saw anyone with an ounce of cool talking on a CB radio?
2005 Olive July 101/2 This is the height of cool, with a long zinc bar down one side,..and a noisy, fun dining space.
Compounds
cool hunter n. a person who makes observations or predictions about new styles and trends; a trendspotter.
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1997 New Yorker 17 Mar. 84/3 The company's coolhunters go out into the field with prototypes of the upcoming shoes to find out what the kids really like.
2003 S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 52 A wonderful parody of the marketing industry, with its cool hunters, street scouts, and preposterous self-importance.
2007 Business Week Online (Nexis) 17 Aug. It began with the cool hunters and early adopters telling everyone this would be the next big thing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
cooln.2
/kuːl/, U.S. /kul/, Irish English /kuːl/ Chiefly Irish English. Now rare.
A measure of butter varying in amount, but usually of about 40 lb (approx. 18 kg). Also: a container for storing butter.
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the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > container for butter
butter-kit1567
butter barrel1608
butterbox1614
cool1792
1792 Trials at Large: On Prosecutions for Crown (City & County of Dublin) I. 11 One Patrick Keogh had bought a cool of butter in the morning at 6hd. per pound.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 104 Cool, a tub cut in two, in which butter is sometimes sent to market..it weighs from ½ cwt. to 1 cwt.
1891 Daily News 27 Oct. 2/8 (Trade Report) Butter.—Cork. Prices show another advance..Fine mild-cured and fine cools advanced 1s.
1910 P. W. Joyce Eng. in Ireland xiii. 239 Cool, a good-sized roll of butter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
cooladj.adv.int.
/kuːl/, U.S. /kul/ A. adj.† 4.
1.
a. Of or at a relatively low temperature; moderately cold, esp. agreeably or refreshingly so (in contrast with heat or cold).In early use not always distinguished from cold.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adjective] > cool
cooleOE
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > cool
cooleOE
fresh?a1425
cooly1566
feverless1662
eOE Metres of Boethius v. 13 Swa oft æspringe ut awealleð of clife harum col and hlutor.
eOE Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) iii. xxvi. 324 Wyl siþþan on buteran.., do on blede..& hrer mid sticcan oþ þæt hit col sie.
OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) i. 18 Þa stodon hie..þær æt þam fyre & wyrmdon hie; wæs þæt weder wel col [OE Bodl. 340 wæs þæt weder ceald; L. frigus erat].
a1300 Vision St. Paul (Jesus Oxf.) l. 82 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 149 Þat fule pool Þat euer is hot, and neuer cool.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 452 Al schet in a schaȝe þat schaded ful cole.
?a1475 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) (1908) 90 Cole or sumwhat cold.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 202 In mid winter quhen that the wedder is cuill.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 89 Vnder the coole shade of a Siccamone.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 21 The Northwest winde is commonly coole.
a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) vii. 54 The water of these Well-springs is for the most part cool, clear, and pure.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 6 The Weather was temperate, variable and cool enough.
1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 32/2 He was then in a cool sweat, with a low pulse.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxv. 177 We were in the cool shadow of the mountain.
1881 D. G. Rossetti Ballads & Sonnets 293 O leave your hand where it lies cool Upon the eyes whose lids are hot.
1935 E. Bowen House in Paris ii. viii. 171 It was summer; cool in the house but glaring hot in the streets.
1981 G. Vidal Creation i. ii. 9 The day is cool but not cold.
1992 Flora Internat. Mar. 14 Place in water in a cool place for a few hours.
b. figurative and in figurative contexts.
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1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xii. sig. Pv If hot anger smother coole delight, Hee'le mould our bodies in destructions forme, And make our selues as subiects to his might.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 115 Vpon the heat and flame of thy distemper Sprinckle coole patience. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. iii. 113 The coole and temperate Wind of Grace. View more context for this quotation
1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace i. i. 9 Our Gen'rals now, retir'd to their Estates, Hang their old Trophies o'er the Garden gates, In Life's cool evening satiate of applause.
1751 T. Gray Elegy xix. 9 Along the cool sequester'd vale of life.
1767 W. Hanbury Hist. Rise Charitable Found. Church-Langton 108 The country, seeing the cool water thrown on it [sc. a scheme].
1838 J. Gillman Life S. T. Coleridge ii. 67 The lecturer [sc. Coleridge]..addressed them as follows:..‘What is to be expected, gentlemen, when the cool waters of reason come in contact with red hot aristocracy but a hiss?’
1940 ‘N. West’ Untitled Outl. in Novels & Other Writings (1997) 759 The woman who had come along to lead them out of the lush patches of yellow reporting into the cool, green fields of the purer but arid desert of the higher journalism.
1991 R. Chambers Room for Maneuver 249 A certain primitivism that needs to be tempered by a return to the cooler climes of theory.
c. Of clothing, fabric, etc.: that produces a sensation of coolness, that keeps a person cool; that does not admit or retain heat.
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1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket v. 234 Our will desires in the Summer a lighter and cooler garment, in Winter a thicker and warmer.
1671 tr. J. de Palafox y Mendoza Hist. Conquest of China by Tartars xxxii. 569 When they shall have more experienced..the heats in the Southern Provinces, they will proportionably wear cooler Clothes.
1745 R. Pococke Descr. East II. i. iv. viii. 266 The boors..in summer are always clothed in white,..imagining that white is a cool dress.
1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica II. iii. vi. 523 Nothing is more likely to subject a person to catch cold, and a fit of sickness, than a sudden change from an habitual light and cool dress, to one twice as hot.
1858 D. Lardner Hand-bk. Nat. Philos.: Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, & Heat (new ed.) 374 The helmet and cuirass worn by cavalry is a cooler dress than might be imagined, the polished metal being a good reflector of heat.
1864 E. Sargent Peculiar xxix. 283 Ratcliff entered, habited in a cool suit of grass-cloth.
1907 Times 28 May 10/1 (advt.) The great array of cool fabrics issued for day-time wear.
1932 ‘B. Ross’ Trag. of Y i. ii. 50 He was dressed in a cool linen shirt.
2002 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 1 June 12 His wife likes a thick duvet and soft mattress, while he prefers cooler bedding and a firm mattress.
d. Medicine. Of medicine, treatment, etc.: that lowers the temperature (of the blood, body, etc.); cooling. Cf. cool v.1 3b. Now rare.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > cooling treatment > [adjective]
refrigerativec1475
refrigerating1583
refrigerant1599
cool1614
1614 S. Latham Falconry ii. xii. 100 Contrariwise ouer much heat in it self, may be the cause of that weaknesse [sc. in a hawk's stomach]... You must of necessity coole it with some coole thing that is meet for it.
1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 151 The cool treatment of small pox.
1857 T. D. Mitchell in J. Eberle Treat. Dis. & Physical Educ. Children (ed. 4) ii. xxxvi. 442 In all cases [of measles], save those in which the powers of life are rapidly waning, the cool treatment is decidedly more rational and safe.
1981 Social Sci. & Med. 15 137/2 Folk illnesses such as ‘fright’..are also hot conditions which are met with cool remedies.
2005 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 353 1619 (title) Systemic hypothermia—a ‘cool’ therapy for neonatal hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy.
2.
a. Of a person or a personal attribute, quality, etc.: not affected by passion or emotion, dispassionate; controlled, deliberate, not hasty; calm, composed.cool as a cucumber: see cucumber n. 2b. to play it cool: see play v. 17e.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] > of appearance or demeanour
coolOE
sobera1375
composed1606
serene1702
mooth1782
poised1912
centred1973
the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [adjective]
coolc1430
coldc1500
within oneself (itself, etc.)1518
cool-headed1684
present to oneself1692
possesseda1698
self-restrained1700
self-collecteda1711
cool (cold) as a cucumbera1732
self-possessing1732
self-regulating1755
cool-brained1765
self-possessed1766
self-restraining1777
self-disciplined?1791
self-controlling1796
self-repressed1814
self-controlled1822
self-contained1838
self-repressing1849
unimpulsive1856
posé1858
downbeat1953
cucumber-cool1955
supercool1965
the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective]
eveneOE
still1340
unperturbeda1450
unmovedc1480
quietful1494
lowna1500
calma1568
calmya1586
unpassionatea1586
smartless1593
reposeful1594
dispassionate1595
recollected1595
unaffectedc1595
unpassioned?1605
unpassionated1611
collecteda1616
tranquila1616
untouched1616
impassionate1621
composed1628
dispassioneda1631
tranquillous1638
slow1639
serene1640
dispassionated1647
imperturbed1652
unruffled1654
reposing1655
equanimous1656
perplacid1660
placate1662
equal1680
collect1682
cooled1682
posed1693
sedate1693
impassive1699
uninflamed1714
unexcited1735
unalarmed1756
unfanned1764
unagitated1772
undistraught1773
recollected1792
equable1796
unfussy1823
take-it-easy1825
unflurried1854
cool1855
comfortable1856
disimpassioned1860
tremorless1869
unpressured1879
unrippled1883
ice-cool1891
unrattled1891
Zen-likea1908
unrestless1919
steadyish1924
ataractic1941
relaxed1958
nonplussed1960
loose1968
Zenned-out1968
downtempo1972
mellowed1977
de-stressed1999
OE Beowulf 282 Gyf him [sc. Hroðgar] edwendan æfre scolde bealuwa bisigu bot eft cuman, ond þa cearwylmas colran wurðaþ.
c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 258 Thow..thynkist in thyn wit that is ful cole That he nys but a verray propre fole That louyth paramouris to harde & hote.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Niiiv/1 Coole, quietus.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 6 Such seething braines..that apprehend more, Then coole reason euer comprehends. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xvii. 27 A man of vnderstanding is of an excellent spirit. [Marginal note] Or, a coole spirit. View more context for this quotation
1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants i. ix, in Wks. (1825) III. 39 A descreet and cool hand may direct the blow right..when men of fury rather ease their passion, than mend their youth.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 270 Some of them were Men of the coolest Tempers.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) III. xxx. 167 (note) The bloody actor is less detestable than the cool unfeeling historian.
1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale xiii. 164 The line is running through the groove at the head of the boat..the headsman, cool and collected, pours water upon it as it passes.
1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xxii. i, in Maud & Other Poems 74 While she wept, and I strove to be cool.
1890 C. King Sunset Pass 56 Don't get stampeded. Just keep cool; watch and listen.
1938 Los Angeles Times 11 Jan. a14/2 The yips and a turn of jittery nerves were suddenly turned into a cool head and a stout heart.
1992 W. Horwood Duncton Rising xxv. 335 The Master Stour, now cool, calm, and collected, smiled benignly.
2002 N. Lebrecht Song of Names ii. 35 He can still unsettle me like nothing on earth. This cannot continue: get a grip, stay cool.
b. spec. Of the blood, as the seat of a person's emotions or passions (cf. blood n. 11). Frequently in in cool blood: without excitement; (esp. with reference to violent or cruel action) not in the heat of passion, with calm deliberation; = in cold blood at cold blood n.In quot. OE: lacking potency.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > cold-bloodedly
in cool bloodOE
cold-bloodedly1838
OE Sedulius Glosses (Royal 15 B.xix) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Glosses (1945) 38 Frigidus col [L. prolemque negebat frigidus annoso moriens in corpore sanguis].
a1500 Consail & Teiching Vys Man (Cambr. Kk.1.5) in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 77 Weng [= venge] nocht quhil thi blud be cule.
1606 J. Marston Parasitaster i. i. sig. A4 How cooler bloud wil behaue it selfe in this busines, would I haue an only testimony.
1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders i. xxv. 203 Blasphemies vttered in coole bloud without choler, passion or heate of affection.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 77 We should not when the blood was cool, haue threatend Our Prisoners with the Sword. View more context for this quotation
1658 Whole Duty of Man (1684) 86 That without any provocation at all, in cool bloud, as they say, they can thus wrong their poor brethren.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 229 Those very Wretches who..with unheard of Butcheries, had massacred so many Thousands of English in cool Blood.
1768 J. Wesley Let. Dec. (1931) V. 377 Notwithstanding all the tragical exclamations which have been made concerning it, what is this to the killing a man in cool blood?
1838 J. H. Ingraham Burton II. ii. 33 General Washington..has a good deal of the lion's irritability.., and your own blood is not over cool.
1881 Mrs. P. O'Donoghue Ladies on Horseback ii. v. 72 No horse that ever was foaled could do it [sc. a big leap] in cool blood.
1903 Times 22 Sept. 9/1 When it is considered in cool blood it must be admitted..not to constitute in any sense an attack upon the present political régime.
1915 T. Roosevelt Amer. & World War ii. 26 The rights and wrongs of these cases where nations violate the rules of morality..can be precisely determined only when all the facts are known and when men's blood is cool.
1988 Polity 20 685 The murder in cool blood of whole political classes which Machiavelli seems to admire.
c. Of a thing or action: characterized by or exhibiting calmness, composure, or a lack of passionate emotion.
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1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. O3v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) In coole matters thou art hotte: in the hottest causes, cold.
1646 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Steps to Temple 106 Shee qualifies their zeale With the coole Epode of a grave Noat.
1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 22 When fear hath..disabled the mind for a cool and sedate judgment and valuation of things.
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 16 Jan. (1965) I. 296 Upon cooler refflexion, I think I had done better to have let it alone.
1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man (1803) iii. ii. i. 159 Some cool principle of action, which has authority without any impulsive force.
1798 Capt. Miller in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. clviii I caused a cool and steady fire to be opened on them.
1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1866) 1st Ser. xvi. 266 These words fall short: they are too tame and cool.
1883 American 6 41/2 To the ‘pornial fire’ of the Elizabethan period had succeeded an age of patient research and cool criticism.
1917 F. H. Simonds Hist. World War I. i. vi. 116 The battle was not the sudden rally of..hundreds of thousands of soldiers. It was the result of a clear, cool, and deliberate plan.
1988 Australasian Post (Melbourne) 9 Apr. 10/1 She was the bouncer at the Waikato, a tavern described as being wild... Anne..managed to keep the whole place cool.
d. Of a person, an action, or a person's behaviour: assured and unabashed where diffidence and hesitation would be expected; composedly and deliberately audacious or impudent in making a proposal, demand, or assumption.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > shameless
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1723 A. Hill King Henry V iv. i. 39 Look back on all this dreadfull Pile of Baseness,..and then, In the cool Insolence of Pride, and Majesty, Ask me again—if I can wish Thee dead?
1787 G. Colman Prose Several Occasions II. 44 Considering Mr. L. is but a common acquaintance,..I never saw a more consummate piece of assurance. The cool impudence of it startled me at first.
1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 80 A right cool fish.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxiv. 394 He certainly knew that such a request was a trifle cool.
1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece viii. 256 The cool way in which Plato in his Republic speaks of exposing children.
1926 S. Anderson Tar vi. 142 Henry would walk right out and take it as cool as you please.
1988 M. Sendak Caldecott & Co. (1989) i. 140 Mr Yorinks has the cool audacity to mix absolute nonsense with cockeyed fact.
2005 D. Arscott Maracas in Caracas 9 Then I find a good half of my contracts are being siphoned off into the new Jeavons venture. Cool as you like.
e. Originally U.S. Of jazz music: restrained or relaxed in style (opposed to hot adj. 12h). Also: performing or associated with music of this type.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > jazz > [adjective] > types of
Chicagoan1861
bad1897
hot1918
red-hot1918
soft1921
low-down1922
sweet1924
barrel-house1926
New Orleans1926
straight1926
crazy1927
dirty1927
hotcha1930
jungle1935
solid1935
traditional jazz1935
powerhouse1937
gutty1939
riffy1939
jivey1944
Kansas City1946
cool1948
West Coast1949
far-out1954
nutty1955
swinging1955
mainstream1957
Afro-Latin1958
1948 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 13 July 9/1 Hot jazz is dead. Long live cool jazz!.. The old-school jazz created a tension, where the new jazz tries to convey a feeling of rhythmic relaxation.
1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz (1956) 30 Cool jazz to most musicians and students denotes the understated, behind-the-beat style typified by the arrangements and soloists on the Davis records.
1957 H. Panassié in S. Traill Concerning Jazz 61 The ‘cool’ musicians..stopped using the traditional jazz technique and tone.
1963 A. Baraka Blues People xii. 207 Obvious innovators and masters who might not be ordinarily identified as members of the ‘cool school’.
1992 Jazz No. 12. 10/1 [The] band was exploring its cool, dark Miles vibe.
2002 List (Glasgow & Edinb. Events Guide) 4 July 65/3 (advt.) Tenor saxman Redman invests his cool jazz sounds with hip hop and funk influences.
3. † c. Apparently: possessing little vitality or force; ineffectual. Obsolete. rare.
a. Lacking in fervour or zeal, unenthusiastic; lacking heartiness or warmth of interest. Cf. cold adj. 7a, lukewarm adj. 2.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lukewarm or lacking enthusiasm
coolOE
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meh2007
OE Beowulf (2008) 2066 [Syð]ðan Ingelde weallað wælniðas, ond him wiflufan æfter cearwælmum colran weorðað.
1592 T. Rogers tr. Thomas à Kempis Soliloquium Animae vii. 46 I was not zealous enough in my proceeding, I did not encrease in zeale, but, which is woorser, I waxed cooler and cooler.
1631 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 2) (2nd state) §cxxxviii Oh give me a true sense of my wants, and then I cannot bee coole in asking.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 192. ⁋2 Sometimes the Parties..grow cool in the very Honey Month.
1743 H. Fielding Journey from This World to Next xix. vii. 244 My Imagination, which had thus warmly pursued a Crown, grew cool when I was in the possession of it.
1765 D. Garrick Let. 10 Mar. (1963) II. 449 Do the Town in general really wish to see me on ye Stage? or are they..as cool about it as their humble Servant?
1815 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 169 The people are a little cool both at Vienna and in England in respect to the Bourbons.
1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne III. ii. 25 The zeal of the master waxed cool as that of the pupil waxed hot.
1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 70 An honest hater is often a better fellow than a cool friend.
1915 Times 25 May 8/5 The idea of war with Italy left the Germans rather cool.
2003 Europe-Asia Stud. 55 422 The President seemed markedly cool about Sobyanin's candidature.
b. Exhibiting or demonstrating a lack of warmth of affection; not cordial, unfriendly. Cf. cold adj. 8.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > cold or lacking warm feeling
winter-coldOE
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > not affable
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hard-to-get1899
stand-away1938
princesse lointaine1957
1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. ii. 97 The Dolphin who well weighed these alterations, grew somewhat coole towards his father in law [It. s'andaua raffredando co'l suocero].
1675 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 319 I found him at first cooler in his reception then when I left him.
a1706 J. Vanbrugh Mistake i, in Wks. (1840) 442/1 Were I to meet a cool reception.
1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless IV. viii. 78 The cool reception he had given her sent her home in a very ill humour.
1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family III. 77 I am rather upon cool terms with him.
1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxv. 237 But she did not care for Mrs. Clive, and the Colonel, somehow, grew cool towards us.
1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror 31 For many months now this tendency to a cool formality on her part had irked Bill.
1997 T. Mackintosh-Smith Yemen (1999) iv. 90 His reception was cool, but he avoided any serious incident.
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1669 A. Marvell Let. 2 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 261 I reckon they haue but a coole Patent of it: and I suppose should they bring it into Parlt it will prove not onely impossible there but ridiculous.
a. Providing no comfort or encouragement; chilling. Cf. cold adj. 10. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing
darkOE
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tragic1848
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Novemberya1864
saturnine1863
down1873
lacklustre1883
Heaven-abandoneda1907
downbeat1952
doomy1967
c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 102 Hys red was to coul Þat let man to suich meschyf.
c1425 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Harl.) 131 Wat segge ȝe maistres..þat ȝeue þat cole [c1325 Calig. colde] red To bi nyme blod and my lyf.
b. Lacking hope; dispirited, discouraged. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]
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c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9255 Þen comford he caght in his cole hert.
5.
a. Of a taste or smell: producing a sensation analogous to coolness of temperature; fresh, crisp; refreshing. Of food, drink, etc.: having such a taste.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > applied to sensations of the tongue
firish1568
cool1589
fieriness1675
coolish1768
1589 Summarie Drakes W. Indian Voy. 14 Within this white of the nut [sc. the coconut] lyeth a water,..which water and white rine before spoken of, are both of a very coole fresh taste.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xi. 314 It drinks brisk and cool.
1734 P. Shaw Enq. Scarborough Spaw-waters i. iv. 45 The Characteristicks of pure Nitre, or Salt-Petre... Its particular sharp, or penetrating, cool, and lightly bitterish taste.
1815 Miss Prickett Warwick Castle I. vii. 126 The cool scent of roses..appeared to revive him.
1826 P. G. Patmore Mirror of Months 194 The cool, crisp, and refreshing Nonsuch [apple],—eating, when at its best, like a glass of Apple-ice.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) iii. 20 ‘Try a chili with it, Miss Sharp,’ said Joseph, really interested. ‘A chili,’ said Rebecca, gasping. ‘Oh yes!’ She thought a chili was something cool, as its name imported.
1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 64/2 (advt.) Forhan's [toothpaste] is cool, antiseptic and pleasant to the taste.
1997 J. Fletcher Fresh from Farmers' Market 118 The clean, cool taste of the sliced [fennel] bulb.
b. Of a colour, esp. a blue, green, or grey: suggestive of coolness. Cf. cold adj. 15, warm adj. 15a.
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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > cold
cold1706
cool1758
cooling?1790
coldish1878
1758 R. Dossie Handmaid to Arts I. i. ii. 83 Verditer is, when good, a cool full blue, but without the least transparency either in oil or water.
1799 J. Hull Brit. Flora ii. 342 Acris,..Gills reddish buff, 4 in a set, branching, pileus cool brown, viscid, shining, oblique.., stalk whitish, shining, eccentric.
1845 Punch 7 June 247/1 The following terms are indispensable, and may be used pretty much at random:—‘Chiaroscuro’, ‘texture’, ‘pearly greys’, ‘foxy browns’, ‘cool greens’, ‘breadth’, ‘handling’, ‘medium’, ‘vehicle’.
1859 D. H. Jacques House 161 A cool gray..may be obtained as follows:..Raw umber, half a pound [etc.].
1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Apr. 271/1 The beautiful cool grey-green of the silver wattle.
1936 Fortune Oct. 42/1 (advt.) The cool amber of a Martini, the deep glow of a Manhattan, the subtle satisfaction of a Side Car.
1991 Artist Nov. 23/3 He employs a restricted palette based on a division between warm and cool colours... The cool palette consists of French ultramarine, Prussian green, lamp black and titanium white.
6. Hunting. Of a scent or trail: not fresh or recent; faint, weak. Also in extended use. Cf. cold adj. 12a, warm adj. 5.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [adjective] > of the scent
cold1593
cool1647
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 253 Though..they lost ground and hunted upon a coole sent.
1822 A. T. de Vere Julian Apostate 32 It is in truth a cunning hound, and keen too; No nose like his to hunt a cool scent up.
1831 New Sporting Mag. Oct. 416/2 Those who ride well to them with a good scent, are indifferent about being forward with a cool one.
1893 A. Rives Athelwold v. ii. 87 Osw. Let this vext matter sleep. Ed. Thou know'st me not..when thou speak'st Of pausing here to let the scent grow cool.
1990 Times (Nexis) 5 Oct. The trail may have gone cool for New Model Army but Bob Dylan has lost the thread completely.
2001 R. Bass Colter xvi. 160 I walked briskly to keep up with Colter's [sc. a hunting dog's] bold casts. It was a beautiful, awe-provoking thing to see, the way he consumed that little forty [acre spur]: scouring it left to right—catching every molecule of cool scent.
7. colloquial. Used to emphasize the size of a quantity, originally and chiefly a sum of money. Only in attributive use.Originally preceded by a with hundred or thousand; subsequently also with any numeral (cf. a adj. 3b). N.E.D. (1893) suggests that the sense was ‘perhaps originally “deliberately or calmly counted, reckoned, or told”, and hence “all told”, “entire”, “whole”’.
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society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [adjective] > large sum
round1552
valuable1613
cool1721
megabuck1968
six-figure1971
mega-million1972
1721 C. Cibber Refusal i. 10 I owe Crop the Lender a Brace, and if I have a single Simon to pay him, rot me: But the queer Coll promises to advance me t'other three, and bring me home, provided you will let him sneak into your List for a cool Thousand.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xii. 263 He had lost a cool hundred, and would play no longer. View more context for this quotation
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 110 My table alone stands me in a cool thousand a quarter.
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby II. iv. v. 54 Lord Monmouth had the satisfaction of drawing the Whig Minister at Naples into a cool thousand on the event.
1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. xviii. 303 She left that cool four thousand unto him.
1870 ‘W. Bradwood’ The O.V.H. 264 To save me a cool seven hundred a year.
1941 H. van Zeller Jeremias xiv. 137 Hanameel..got a cool seventeen shekels for a piece of land.
1958 Punch 27 Aug. 283/3 Some depressing Yank writer who takes a cool six hundred pages to chronicle the twenty-four-hour doings of a single character.
2007 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 22 Sept. r8 Last Christmas, he gave his parents..a cool million dollars, and $50,000 to each of his two sisters.
8. colloquial (originally U.S.).
a. Attractively shrewd or clever; sophisticated, stylish, classy; fashionable, up to date; sexually attractive.The evidence indicates that this sense originated around the second decade of the 20th cent.; it is probably not exemplified by quot. 1884, in which the exact meaning of cool, from an article containing a list of undefined interjections (not all expressing approval) is uncertain; it could be a comment on a person's audacity (i.e. sense A. 2d).
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > fashion-conscious or following fashion
fashion-monging1600
fashionable1609
fashionly1613
modish1652
mody1701
knowing1768
fadding1864
downtown1914
cool1918
fashion-conscious1951
switched-on1964
trendoid1979
fresh1984
kewl1990
1884 J. A. Harrison Negro Eng. in Anglia 7 257 Interjections... Dat's cool!]
1918 Bodleian Q. Rec. 2 152 A case, A lad, A head, A cool kid, all words for expressing admiration for another's cleverness or cunning.
1924 in M. Leadbitter & N. Slaven Blues Records (1968) 155 (title of song) Cool Kind Daddy Blues.
1947 C. Calloway et al. Hi-De-Ho Man (That's Me) (song MS) 2 Stay solid an' mellow a groovey cool fellow an' then you're gonna be sharp as me.
1949 F. Loesser Hamlet in R. Kimball & S. Nelson Compl. Lyrics F. Loesser (2003) 150/3 She was a cool put-together chick That made men thrill. But Hamlet, he thought She was from Uglyville.
1952 Herald-Press (St. Joseph, Mich.) 23 June 14 To be ‘cool’ is the desire of every teen-ager but the title of ‘book gook’ (book worm) is to be shunned.
1959 Observer 25 Oct. 29/8 They got long, sloppy haircuts and wide knot ties and no-press suits with fat lapels. Very cool.
1972 G. Lucas et al. Amer. Graffiti (film script) 33 (stage direct.) Terry continues to cruise the main drag, slouched low and looking cool in his newly acquired machine.
1990 M8 Dec. 63/2 I'm too cool to be suckered by the hype.
2000 Elle Sept. 329 For years, anything more than a slick of Vaseline or a brush of mascara was considered too try-hard to be cool.
b. Originally in African-American usage: (as a general term of approval) admirable, excellent. Cf. hot adj. 12c.Popularized among jazz musicians and enthusiasts in the late 1940s; cf. sense A. 2e, cool cat n. at Compounds 2.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]
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bremea1000
goodlyOE
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goodlike1562
brawc1565
of worth1576
brave?1577
surprising1580
finger-licking1584
admirablea1586
excellinga1586
ambrosial1598
sublimated1603
excellent1604
valiant1604
fabulous1609
pure1609
starryc1610
topgallant1613
lovely1614
soaringa1616
twanging1616
preclarent1623
primea1637
prestantious1638
splendid1644
sterling1647
licking1648
spankinga1666
rattling1690
tearing1693
famous1695
capital1713
yrare1737
pure and —1742
daisy1757
immense1762
elegant1764
super-extra1774
trimming1778
grand1781
gallows1789
budgeree1793
crack1793
dandy1794
first rate1799
smick-smack1802
severe1805
neat1806
swell1810
stamming1814
divine1818
great1818
slap-up1823
slapping1825
high-grade1826
supernacular1828
heavenly1831
jam-up1832
slick1833
rip-roaring1834
boss1836
lummy1838
flash1840
slap1840
tall1840
high-graded1841
awful1843
way up1843
exalting1844
hot1845
ripsnorting1846
clipping1848
stupendous1848
stunning1849
raving1850
shrewd1851
jammy1853
slashing1854
rip-staving1856
ripping1858
screaming1859
up to dick1863
nifty1865
premier cru1866
slap-bang1866
clinking1868
marvellous1868
rorty1868
terrific1871
spiffing1872
all wool and a yard wide1882
gorgeous1883
nailing1883
stellar1883
gaudy1884
fizzing1885
réussi1885
ding-dong1887
jim-dandy1888
extra-special1889
yum-yum1890
out of sight1891
outasight1893
smooth1893
corking1895
large1895
super1895
hot dog1896
to die for1898
yummy1899
deevy1900
peachy1900
hi1901
v.g.1901
v.h.c.1901
divvy1903
doozy1903
game ball1905
goodo1905
bosker1906
crackerjack1910
smashinga1911
jake1914
keen1914
posh1914
bobby-dazzling1915
juicy1916
pie on1916
jakeloo1919
snodger1919
whizz-bang1920
wicked1920
four-star1921
wow1921
Rolls-Royce1922
whizz-bang1922
wizard1922
barry1923
nummy1923
ripe1923
shrieking1926
crazy1927
righteous1930
marvy1932
cool1933
plenty1933
brahmaa1935
smoking1934
solid1935
mellow1936
groovy1937
tough1937
bottler1938
fantastic1938
readyc1938
ridge1938
super-duper1938
extraordinaire1940
rumpty1940
sharp1940
dodger1941
grouse1941
perfecto1941
pipperoo1945
real gone1946
bosting1947
supersonic1947
whizzo1948
neato1951
peachy-keen1951
ridgey-dite1953
ridgy-didge1953
top1953
whizzing1953
badass1955
wild1955
belting1956
magic1956
bitching1957
swinging1958
ridiculous1959
a treat1959
fab1961
bad-assed1962
uptight1962
diggish1963
cracker1964
marv1964
radical1964
bakgat1965
unreal1965
pearly1966
together1968
safe1970
bad1971
brilliant1971
fabby1971
schmick1972
butt-kicking1973
ripper1973
Tiffany1973
bodacious1976
rad1976
kif1978
awesome1979
death1979
killer1979
fly1980
shiok1980
stonking1980
brill1981
dope1981
to die1982
mint1982
epic1983
kicking1983
fabbo1984
mega1985
ill1986
posho1989
pukka1991
lovely jubbly1992
awesomesauce2001
nang2002
bess2006
amazeballs2009
boasty2009
daebak2009
beaut2013
1933 Z. N. Hurston in Story Aug. 63 And whut make it so cool, he got money 'cumulated. And womens give it all to 'im.
1950 Neurotica Autumn 46 This is a cool pad man.
1951 Newsweek 8 Oct. 28/3 If you like a guy or gal, they're cool. If they are real fat, real crazy, naturally they're real cool.
1957 Sunday Mail (Glasgow) 10 Feb. 11/6 Gone—the best, in the top rung, the coolest.
1970 R. Thorp & R. Blake Music of their Laughter 5/2 It never ran, but it was a cool car.
1980 A. Beattie Falling in Place (1981) vii. 73 These jeans are so cool.
2007 Hello! 17 July 64 But people were coming up and asking me for my number—and asking if I wanted theirs—how cool was that!
c. In weakened use: all right, ‘OK’; satisfactory, acceptable; unproblematic, safe.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective]
wellOE
sufferablea1340
worthy1340
sufficient1489
paregala1500
competent1535
something like?1556
right1567
sweet1577
fairish1611
all right1652
fair1656
comfortable1658
decent1711
respectable1750
unrepulsive1787
decentisha1814
fair-to-middling1822
fine1828
christena1838
OK1839
tidy1844
not (or none) so dusty?1856
sweet1898
oke1928
okey-doke1934
okey-dokey1936
tickety-boo1939
cool1951
aight1993
1951 J. Kerouac On the Road: Orig. Scroll (2007) 189 He [sc. the marijuana dealer] was absurdly cautious. ‘Got to look out for myself, things ain't cool this past week.’
1952 G. Mandel Flee Angry Strangers 257 Go on home to the Bronx, Dinch. You'll be cool up there.
1959 Esquire Nov. in R. L. Gold Jazz Lexicon (1964) 66 ‘Do you want to go to the movies?’ ‘It's cool with me (acquiescence).’
1974 O. Clark Diary 18 Apr. (1998) 13 Uptight Meeting with a complete breakdown. Have I burnt my boats? No, it's cool.
1984 A. Thomas Intertidal Life i. 39 I am ‘laying another trip’ on him but that's cool, he can deal with it.
2001 G. Joseph Homegrown xxii. 308 He had seen Devon in the street and hid from him, unable to smile in his face and say that everything was cool.
B. adv.
= coolly adv. (in various senses).
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the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [adverb]
coldly1526
coolly1580
cool1673
cold blood1711
self-possessedly1854
self-containedly1866
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 252 [The streets] are made so on purpose,..partly to keep off the scorching beams of the Sun in Summer time, for the conveniency of walking cool.
1789 E. Butler Jrnl. 17 Apr. in E. M. Bell Hamwood Papers (1930) 200 He says he will fight any man who looks cool at him.
1800 Sporting Mag. 17 90/2 Nor did he ever look cool, even upon his enemies.
1861 T. Parker Serm. Theism, Atheism, & Pop. Theol. (ed. 3) x. 332 A woman wishes to walk cool in the summer's heat.
c1944 L. Armstrong Goffin Notebooks (MS, Louis Armstrong House Museum) II. 19 They treated us rather cool when we went to work.
1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 38/2 He sits cool and has the ability to bring his horse off the pace.
C. int.
colloquial (originally U.S.). Expressing approval or assent: ‘All right!’ ‘OK!’ ‘Great!’
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the mind > language > statement > assent > [interjection]
right1594
do1601
sure1651
all right1814
OK1839
ryebuck1859
yassuh1871
achcha1892
righto1893
same here1896
quaiss kitir1898
check1922
righty-ho1926
oke1929
okey-dokey1932
okey-doke1934
okle-dokle1947
cool1948
seen1973
aight1993
1948 New Yorker 3 July 28 The bebop people have a language of their own... Their expressions of approval include ‘cool’!
1957 C. K. Myers Light in Dark Streets 79 Guess I'll head for the old lady's pad. It's uptown, only ten stops. Cool, man, cool.
1969 Phylon 30 198 Cool, man.
1994 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 Apr. a 20/5 Cool, this program does everything!
1997 C. Brookmyre Country of Blind (2001) vii. 172 ‘Staun oot the way an' let us get on wi' it.’ ‘Aye. Nae bother. Cool.’
2003 R. Liddle Too Beautiful for You (2004) 161 ‘Uh’. ‘Oh right’. ‘Sure, cool’. We all say.
Phrases
colloquial (originally U.S.). too cool for school: coolly self-possessed; extremely fashionable or trendy, esp. (frequently depreciative) self-regardingly or arrogantly so.In quot. 1981 with literal reference to a school.
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1981 Washington Post 12 Mar. (Virginia Weekly section) 1/3 As Pat likes to describe it, he was too cool for school. Instead of class, he preferred shoplifting.]
1985 Houston Chron. 9 May vi. 7/2 It feels pretty silly to adopt a too-cool-for-school facial expression..and then realize it is the wrong car.
1997 Mediaweek 17 Feb. 22/3 Is it a stretch to imagine the sideburned, too-cool-for-school guy..leading..a snake dance at a wild animal farm?
2004 L. Shorter Hedonist's Guide Tallinn 82 The interior looks like a pull-out from Wallpaper magazine: easy on the eyes and a bit too cool for school.
Compounds
C1. Complementary and parasynthetic. See also cool-headed adj.
a. † cool-sheltered adj. Obsolete
cool-looking adj.
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1819 A. Reed No Fiction ix. 120 How grateful, at noon, in the shade of a tree, Which spreads within view of a cool looking alley.
1941 Chicago Defender 5 Apr. 8/7 That cool looking cat that is taking Lucinda..around these days.
1992 H. Mitchell One Man's Garden vi. 119 The white..[flowers] with red eyes are cool-looking in the summer heat.
2002 H. Ritchie Friday Night Club (2003) iii. viii. 276 This place is crammed with cool-looking twentysomethings.
cool-rooted adj.
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1820 J. Keats Ode to Psyche in Lamia & Other Poems 118 Cool-rooted flowers.
1904 W. de la Mare Henry Brocken 147 The cool-rooted flowers.
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1767 S. Pennington Lett. III. 171 And here, cool shelter'd from the mid-day sun.
b.
cool-brained adj. = cool-headed adj.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [adjective]
coolc1430
coldc1500
within oneself (itself, etc.)1518
cool-headed1684
present to oneself1692
possesseda1698
self-restrained1700
self-collecteda1711
cool (cold) as a cucumbera1732
self-possessing1732
self-regulating1755
cool-brained1765
self-possessed1766
self-restraining1777
self-disciplined?1791
self-controlling1796
self-repressed1814
self-controlled1822
self-contained1838
self-repressing1849
unimpulsive1856
posé1858
downbeat1953
cucumber-cool1955
supercool1965
1765 London Mag. Mar. 118/2 I am..neither what he calls a teacher, nor disposed to be a blind follower, either of an hot headed one, or of the cool-brained Publicus.
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxxviii. 126 Thick-headed commentators upon the Bible..work more damage to religion than sensible, cool-brained clergymen can fight away again.
1930 Classical Jrnl. 25 376 What greater difference could two Athenians show than the difference of temper between this cool-brained realist..and Xenophon.
1985 Financial Times (Nexis) 24 Feb. (Weekend FT) p. vii Cool-brained indeed is the traveller who can resist the odd few pence off a litre of Scotch.
cool-hearted adj. = cold-hearted adj.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [adjective]
hard hearteOE
hateleOE
hard-heartedc1225
cruel1297
dure1412
flinty1536
heartless1556
flint-hearted1560
stone-hearted?1569
stony-hearted1569
iron-hearted1570
steel-hearted1571
unbowelled1592
blunt1594
flintful1596
flint-heart1596
brassy1600
unfeeling1600
cold-blooded1602
cold-hearteda1616
flinty-hearted1629
callous1647
unsympathizing1735
cool-hearted1748
pebble-hearted1816
unsympathetic1823
cold1849
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > cold or lacking warm feeling
winter-coldOE
coldc1175
cheald1340
umbrous1483
key-colda1535
frosty1548
frostbitten1564
icy1567
wintry1579
cold-hearteda1616
unwarmeda1625
dry1637
cool1641
frigidal1651
frigid1658
thieveless1725
cool-hearted1748
wintry1748
chill1751
cold as charity1795
freezing1813
ice-cold1815
chilly1841
impersonal1846
pincé1858
ice-cool1891
touch-me-not-ish1895
marmorean1902
1748 Humble Addr. Progress of Popery 4 Our lethargic, cool-hearted and indifferent great Masters of Wisdom.
1856 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Independent Republican 10 Sept. They will..show a degree of cool hearted villainy..on the part of the public officers.
1915 P. Grainger Let. 25 Dec. in All-round Man (1994) 15 I have always looked upon..the English as a somewhat cool-hearted but jolly clever..lot.
2006 New Yorker (Nexis) 7 Aug. 64 A writer often accused of being too cerebral and cool-hearted.
C2. † cool-crape n. cant Obsolete (a) a type of fabric (see quot. 1699); (b) a shroud.† cool cup n. Obsolete = cool tankard n.† cool-drawn adj. Obsolete (of oil) extracted or expressed without the aid of heat; cf. cold-drawn adj. at cold adj. Compounds 3a, hot-drawn adj. at hot adj. and n.1 Compounds 4.
cool bag n. chiefly British a bag made of insulated material, used for keeping food and drink cool.
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1971 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 10 Apr. 2/1 (advt.) For the best selection of..cool boxes and bags.
1989 Grattan Direct Catal. Spring–Summer 578/1 17 litre Populaire cool bag. Ideal for beach, picnics and frozen food shopping.
2003 N. Brownlee Everything you didn't need to know about UK 120 Special coolbags were given free to guests,..packed with goodies including champagne, smoked salmon wrap, ‘Jubilee Chicken’ and strawberries and cream.
cool beans int. and adj. U.S. colloquial (a) int. expressing approval or delight; ‘great’, ‘cool’; (b) adj. (in predicative use) excellent, admirable.
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1985 M. F. Shyer Grandpa Ritz & Luscious Lovelies xiv. 81 ‘Oh, wow! Cool beans!’ I whispered.
1992 Spin Nov. 25/2 Your guide to Lollapalooza '92 was cool beans!
2006 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News (Nexis) 16 Aug. From a parent's perspective and a vendor's perspective, this is pretty cool beans.
2011 E. Schappell Blueprints building Better Girls (2012) 211 ‘Cool beans,’ she says.
cool-blooded adj. = cold-blooded adj. 2; cf. sense A. 2b.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > cold-blooded
cold-bloodeda1616
chill1751
cool-blooded1767
bloodless1794
cold1849
fish-blooded1898
1767 New Coll. Lett. Persons of Eminence II. 307 Would you believe that such a cool blooded boy could ever become delirious? power, alas!
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 125 That cool-blooded, hardened, unrelenting ruffian.
1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming II. viii. 174 I'm not cool-blooded enough to bet against favourites.
2006 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 7 Sept. (Features section) 22 You'd be a cool-blooded soul not to spare a passing thought to terrorism as you approach a visit to London these days.
cool box n. an insulated container or compartment for keeping food and drink cool.
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1919 L. R. Balderston Housewifery viii. 216 In building a house, it is well to provide a cool box built on the outside wall of the house.
1970 Cape Times 28 Oct. 26/6 (advt.) Coleman cool boxes.
2005 Trav. Afr. Autumn 13/1 The boys had..wedged the cool boxes under a picnic bench, but the baboons had these after only a moderate workout.
Cool Breeze n. (also with lower-case initials) (chiefly in African-American usage) used as a nickname or familiar form of address, esp. for a person regarded as shrewd, fashionable, or amiable.
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1925 Pittsburgh Courier 17 Oct. 10/3 Mr. Elwood Gardner, alias ‘Cool Breeze’, is playing the Roosevelt Theatre.
1967 M. Braly On the Yard xiii. 195 Cool Breeze jus' bogart his way in.
1995 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 14 May 18 v What's up, cool breeze?
2002 W. Ellis Spiritual Exercises xxiii. 139 ‘Hey, Cool Breeze,’ Carl said, ‘What's happening?’
cool-burning adj. (a) characterized by simultaneous sensations of heat and cold; (b) that burns at a low temperature.
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1843 Q. Rev. Dec. 310/2 In the delirium of her agony, she talks of ‘cool burning tears’.
1898 Times 7 Apr. 10/1 Having obtained this rapidity in combustion di-nitro-toluene was introduced as a taming ingredient and by its introduction produced a comparatively cool-burning powder with a combustion that was gradual.
1907 Practitioner June 864 Arhovin..is a yellowish liquid of aromatic colour and slightly cool-burning taste.
1989 Industr. & Engin. Chem. Res. 28 431/1 Triaminoguanidine nitrate..has been used primarily as an oxidizer in cool-burning gun propellants for rapid fire weapon systems.
cool cat n. an admirably fashionable or stylish person; spec. an enthusiast of jazz; cf. cat n.1 2c, hepcat n.
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1942 Chicago Defender 23 May 10/6 Perry Givens played a cool cat at the May dance Friday.
1957 N. Mailer in Dissent Summer 288 Still I am just one cat in a world of cool cats, and everything interesting is crazy, or at least so the Squares who do not know how to swing would say.
1991 C. Eddy Stairway to Hell 203/1 Three cool cats of the jazzistic variety.
cool chamber n. (a) a special compartment or piece of apparatus which is kept cool or contains cool air; cf. hot chamber n. at hot adj. and n.1 Compounds 3; (b) a room kept cool for the storage of perishable goods; cf. cool room n.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [noun] > preserving by cooling or freezing > place or machine for
ice room1758
ice chamber1768
icebox1792
cool chamber1801
ice chest1826
freezer1847
refrigerator1861
chill-room1884
ice cave1884
cold store1895
cool store1906
Coolgardie?1924
fridge1926
Frigidaire1926
deep freeze1941
chest freezer1947
hydro-cooler1947
reefer1958
fridge-freezer1971
flash freezer1984
blast freezer1986
1801 J. Anderson Recreations in Agric. July 354 Let another opening be made in the roof, or higher part of the stove, communicating either with the open air, or with the cool chamber above.
1884 Times 4 Jan. 12/3 They [sc. sheep carcasses] are hung from a rail in a cool chamber.
1992 Logistics & Transportation Rev. (Nexis) June 207 They examine individual shipments, adding dummy variables for hazardous cargo and cargo requiring cool chamber storage.
1995 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 6370/1 Electrophoresis was conducted on cellulose acetate gels..in a cool chamber (4°C) at 200 V for 30 min.
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1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Cool-crape, a slight Chequer'd Stuff made in imitation of Scotch Plad.
1725 New Canting Dict. When a Person dies, he is said to be put into his Cool-crape.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Cool crape, a shroud.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > drinks made with wine > [noun] > wine flavoured with herbs
sage wine1597
purl royal1675
cool tankard1688
cool cup1775
May drink1851
Maitrank1858
May wine1890
May bowl1951
1775 Duchess of Northumberland Short Tour 28 We..had a cool cup made to drink with it.
1856 A. F. Hector Agnes Waring II. xiii. 265 It's a cooling trifle I've brought you, a drink I'm introducing among the benighted creatures here; we call it cool cup at home.
cool customer n. a person who is calm and composed, esp. where alarm, dismay, or diffidence would be expected (cf. senses A. 2a, A. 2d); cf. customer n. 6.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [noun] > person having
possessor1713
cool customer1823
self-regulator1861
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. xiii. 293 Yonder Tyrrel looks like a tevilish cool customer—..I can promise you he is mettle to the back bone.
1869 Ballou's Monthly Mag. July 98/1 (heading) A cool customer... A lathy fellow entered his place and ordered a double stew of oysters... ‘Seventy-five cents.’.. ‘I haint got any money.’ The last we ever saw of him he was walking very leisurely down the street.
1941 A. Christie Evil under Sun v. 96 Cool customer. Not giving anything away, is he?
1997 N. DeMille Plum Island xxviii. 379 He must have known that I knew both his secrets, yet he was not ruffled... A very cool customer, indeed.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > having undergone other processes
alumed1574
splinted1616
scribed1678
cold-drawn1716
droved1754
cool-drawn1774
swaged1842
spliced1859
chiselled1873
steam-cured1909
refinished1910
precast1914
fibrillated1929
plasticized1937
foamed1943
1774 T. Kirkland Treat. Child-bed Fevers ii. 145 I would recommend the application of linen cloths, wet in cool-drawn linseed oil.
1795 Hull Advertiser 10 Oct. 2/1 Whale Oil of this and last year, Cool Drawn.
coolhouse n. a greenhouse kept at a cool temperature.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > greenhouse or glass-house > other types of glass-house or hothouse
orangeryc1660
winter garden1736
pinery1756
succession house1786
mushroom house1797
striking-house1824
palm house1826
show house1831
cold house1841
pine-house1843
orchard house1858
coolhouse1869
1869 J. Davis tr. B. Auerbach Villa on Rhine 69 There he is, in the cool-house.
1958 Listener 21 Aug. 275/1 A Luculia growing up the back wall of a cool house.
2006 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 4 Jan. 10 The large six-roomed house..with its own barn, smokehouse,..and coolhouse built over a spring.
cool one n. North American colloquial = cold one n. at cold adj. Additions.
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1955 San Antonio (Texas) Light 12 June 11 a/1 One day before payday servicemen who have run out of cash can claim their dollar, have a few cool ones while they sweat out the payline the next day.
2008 Above Law (Nexis) 22 Feb. Plaintiffs had been throwing down a few cool ones at a neighborhood watering hole.
cool room n. a room kept cool (esp. by refrigeration) for the storage of perishable goods; (now) spec. (chiefly Australian and New Zealand) one which forms part of a shop or other commercial premises.
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1939 Agric. Hist. 13 88 All Northwestern apples..were sent in refrigerator cars to the Atlantic seaboard and transshipped on steamers equipped with coolroom space.
1977 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 19 Jan. 62/2 (advt.) News Milk Bar, deli. fruit and vegs, coolroom, freehold, 3br residence.
1996 N.Z. News UK 28 Feb. 11/2 (advt.) We require the services of..service persons with supermarket rack, coolroom and commercial refrigeration experience.
2003 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 25 Jan. 13 Fruit and vegetables languishing in cool rooms or freezers for weeks, even months, before they are brought out.
cool store n. chiefly Australian and New Zealand a building or room kept cool for the storage of perishable goods; cf. cool room n.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [noun] > preserving by cooling or freezing > place or machine for
ice room1758
ice chamber1768
icebox1792
cool chamber1801
ice chest1826
freezer1847
refrigerator1861
chill-room1884
ice cave1884
cold store1895
cool store1906
Coolgardie?1924
fridge1926
Frigidaire1926
deep freeze1941
chest freezer1947
hydro-cooler1947
reefer1958
fridge-freezer1971
flash freezer1984
blast freezer1986
1906 Jrnl. Soc. Compar. Legislation 7 447 Any produce that has been seized must be kept, if possible, in a cool store pending the result of legal proceedings.
1959 N.Z. Listener 18 Dec. 8/1 The trees were all about..and only occasionally between them was a gleam of the sun... ‘Like being in a cool-store, isn't it?’
2001 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 24 Oct. 4 About 70-80 per cent of the electricity used on Mr Ahmet's Shepparton property goes to power his cool store.
cool-touch adj. (of electrical equipment) having an outer casing or surface which is cool to the touch.
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1954 Los Angeles Times 25 Apr. i. 9 (advt.) ‘Cool touch’ handles.
1980 Evening Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 11 Feb. 6/1 (advt.) Heated curling brush... Cool touch nylon bristles keep heated core away from fingers.
1995 M. Lawrence et al. Which? Guide Home Safety & Security i. 14 Keep small children away from the hob and oven—especially its glass door, unless you have a cool-touch type.
cool-trough n. (also (Yorkshire) cou-trough, col-trough) now historical a trough of cold water used by a blacksmith to cool hot iron.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > cooling agent or appliance > [noun] > vessel
coolera1550
cool-trough1558
society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessels for other specific purposes > [noun] > for cooling
coolera1550
cool-trough1558
water cooler1807
1558 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) I. 112 A cole trowe, ij d.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Ferraria aqua Smithes water in the cole trough [wherin] they quench yron.
1659 C. Hoole tr. J. A. Comenius Orbis Sensualium Pictus lxvii. 141/1 He quencheth Hot-Irons in the Cool-trough.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 52 Cou-trough, a trough of cold water into which a blacksmith plunges hot iron. It is sometimes called col-trough.
2002 J. Unwin in M. C. Beaudry Findings (2006) v. 121 Joshua Russell, d. 1698, had a smithy with two hearths and a complement of tools for each—bellows, stock, anvil, cool-trough, hammers and tongs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
coolv.1
/kuːl/, U.S. /kul/ 1. intransitive. To become less hot or warm; to become cool. Frequently with down, off.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > be cold [verb (intransitive)] > become cold > cool
coolOE
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OE Andreas (1932) 1256 Weder coledon heardum hægelscurum, swylce hrim ond forst, hare hildstapan, hæleða eðel lucon, leoda gesetu.
OE Guthlac B 1307 Englas feredun to þam longan gefean, lic colode, belifd under lyfte.
OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xciv. 138 Genim þas..wyrte, seoð on weallendon wætere, let þonne colian swa oðþæt hyt man drincan mæge.
c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) l. 678 (MED) Hit [sc. the boiling pitch] colede..anan ant warð hire ase wunsum as þah hit were a wlech beað.
a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 44 In boylande water þou kast hom may. To harden þen take hom oute to cole.
1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Bijv Whan it is baken..let it cole by hymselfe.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 396 A while discourse they hold; No fear lest Dinner coole . View more context for this quotation
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 308 The eggs..of small birds..being liable to cool more quickly.
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 81 What form the melted matter may assume at great depths on cooling down.
1867 E. Allardyce Goodwife at Home v. 6 The wort's jist queelin there.
1890 C. A. Young Elem. Astron. §487 Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, do not seem yet to have cooled off to anything like the earth's condition.
1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 673/2 Lat 'im queel i' the skin 'at he het in.
1923 H. Crane Let. 23 Sept. (1965) 148 Later on when the weather cools.
1955 E. Bowen World of Love vii. 137 That should give the rhubarb time to cool off.
1991 Which? May 262/1 Be careful to let radiant rings cool down before attempting to clean them.
2006 Science 6 Oct. 71/1 As the resulting gas concentrations become denser, the gas cools relatively quickly.
2. figurative.† c. intransitive. Of the senses: to become chilled with fear. Obsolete. rare.
a. intransitive. To become less zealous or ardent; to lose the heat of excitement, passion, or emotion; to diminish in intensity or activity. Also with down, off.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > lack sensitivity [verb (intransitive)] > grow cold
coolOE
keelc1325
coldc1374
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OE Guthlac A 38 Woruld is onhrered, colaþ Cristes lufu, sindan costinga geond middangeard monge arisene.
OE Paternal Precepts 69 Nis nu fela folca þætte fyrngewritu healdan wille, ac him hyge brosnað, ellen colað, idlað þeodscype.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 250/2 He made to cole the cruelte of the persecutours.
a1525 G. Myll Spectakle of Luf in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 276 And thar gudis faill, thair luf within schort tyme sall cule.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vi. sig. I v Their good opinion therin..cooles.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 19 Thou hast describ'd A hot Friend, cooling . View more context for this quotation
1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xix. 193 After the first on-set..they are wont to cool and make a retreat.
1735 A. Pope Of Char. of Women 14 That ne'er shall answer till a Husband cool.
1759 S. Fielding Hist. Countess of Dellwyn II. xii. 135 There was no Probability that he would ever suffer my Lord to cool in his Purpose before it was put in Execution.
1766 S. R. Scott Hist. Sir George Ellison II. iv. vii. 235 The ardour of their humanity never cooled.
1842 T. B. Macaulay Frederic the Great in Ess. (1854) 679/2 This eccentric friendship was fast cooling.
1882 W. Besant Revolt of Man (1883) v. 114 To give this feeling time to cool down.
1887 Lantern (New Orleans) 7 May 2/2 Maher was sent to jail to cool off.
1925 E. M. Brent-Dyer School at Chalet xix. 242 Bernhilda had cooled down, and was able to laugh at the affair.
1941 ‘G. Orwell’ Lion & Unicorn i. v. 47 Many intellectuals of the Left..shrieked for war against Germany.., and then promptly cooled off when the war started.
1987 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Dec. d1/3 As the rate of job growth in the Northeast has declined, the suburban housing market has cooled.
2001 S. Walton You heard it through Grapevine vi. 136 As tempers cooled during the 1990s, the industry regrouped.
b. intransitive. Of a thing: to become less opportune or relevant. Now rare.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [verb (intransitive)] > of things (lose opportuneness)
cool1602
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f.17v This for a while was hotely onsetted and a reasonable price offered, but (vpon what ground I know not) soone cooled againe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 210 Come, to the Forge with it, then shape it: I would not haue things coole . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. i. 44 Aduantage, which doth euer coole Ith'absence of the needer. View more context for this quotation
1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. iii. ii. 108 Your business cools, while tediously it stays On the low Theme of Adelmelechs praise.
1758 D. Garrick Gamesters iii. 44 The merchant's money cools: away; be wise, And keep conditions: I must to the gamester.
1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 28 Aug. Is the federal Government's growing fondness for midsummer night news conferences..a deliberate ploy to avoid scrutiny..until after the news has cooled?
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the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > be chilled by fear
freeze1557
coola1616
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > be cold [verb (intransitive)] > become cold > of person > with fear
coola1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. v. 10 The time ha's beene, my sences would haue cool'd To heare a Night-shrieke. View more context for this quotation
d. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). With out. To calm down, relax; to take it easy.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > become composed or calm [verb (intransitive)]
saughtelc1400
breathe1485
pacify1509
settle1591
compose1663
to breathe freely (also easy, easily)1695
tranquillize1748
cool1836
simmer down1842
calm1877
relax1907
to cool it1952
to Zen out1968
mellow1974
to take a chill pill1981
chillax1994
1836 J. S. French Elkswatana I. 171 Resting a while, just long enough to cool out a little.
1875 A. G. Guillemard Over Land & Sea xii. 200 The conflict ceases, the bargain is concluded,..and buyer and seller retire amicably to ‘cool out’ with a brandy-smash.
1926 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 26 Aug. 19/4 The old chief and I talked it over a little later in the day. He cooled out and told me he didn't blame me.
1979 E. Lovelace Dragon can't Dance iv. 74 I just cooling out. You want a cigarette?
1990 A. Gordon Safe at Home xxi. 150 Hey, cool out, Andy... You're among friends.
2000 R. Barger et al. Hell's Angel xiv. 242 They suggested I just go home for a couple days. Cool out and have a good time.
3.
a. transitive. To impart a sensation of coolness to; esp. to refresh or ease by allaying excessive or painful heat. Also reflexive.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)] > specific
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frostbite1667
over-inform1681
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > cool > a person, the body, or its heat
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strangle?1527
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c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 2814 (MED) A dede of is helm of stel And colede him þer in fraiche wel.
a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Christ Church Oxf.) (1850) Luke xvi. 24 Koole [c1384 Douce 369(2) Send Lazarus, that he dippe the laste part of his fyngur in watir, and kele my tunge].
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 428 The cler watter culyt the hors sumdeill.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. viii. 43 He held doun swymmand the cleir ryver streme, To cuyll hys heyt vnder a gresy bra.
1580 A. Saker Narbonus ii. 25 Wee haue fayre Fountaines to coole our dried throates, and fine Welles to quench our great thirst.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. i. 58 Warmed and cooled by the same Winter and Sommer as a Christian is. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 117 The ready Cure to cool the raging Pain. View more context for this quotation
1705 R. Blackmore Eliza i. 2 With the Balmy Dews, and Crystal Streams, He cools his fester'd Limbs.
a1777 F. Fawkes tr. Apollonius Rhodius Argonautics (1780) iv. 282 He, like a sturdy traveller, stalk'd along, Seeking some fount to cool his fiery tongue.
1788 Caledonian Mag. Aug. 447 But tho' the wark baith queel'd and het her, I'm thinking yet she'll get the better.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 66 Cooling her false cheek with a featherfan.
1883 M. K. Waddington Let. 30 June in Lett. Diplomat's Wife (1903) I. 151 The long drive had cooled us.
1915 Washington Post 4 Apr. (Mag. section) 1/1 He cooled his burning flesh beneath the great electric fan.
1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 71 It burned and stung inside his stomach, and he kept blowing, trying to cool his mouth.
1985 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 21 July l6/1 A sleepy, three-block stretch, where children bicycle..and cool themselves with garden hoses.
2007 Edmonton (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 27 June 69 I was hoping to get my wings served the traditional way with fresh cut celery and blue cheese dip to cool the burn.
b. transitive. Medicine. Of medicine, treatment, etc.: to lower the temperature (of the blood, body, etc.). Also intransitive. Cf. cool adj. 1d.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > cool > the blood or humours
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cxxv. 1021 Þe colde plum..moysteth & coleþ and beþ ȝeuen aȝeins hete of feueres.
?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 48v (MED) Hit..will kole a woman that ys hote and dispose hir well to consayve a childe.
?a1450 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (BL Add. 12056) (1894) 11 (MED) Whanne þat a mete oþere a medycine..hetyth hym noȝt & colyth hym nauȝt.
1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 181 It [sc. this herb] is richt wonder gude To cuill Feuer.
1614 S. Latham Falconry ii. xii. 100 Contrariwise ouer much heat in it self, may be the cause of that weaknesse [sc. in a hawk's stomach]... You must of necessity coole it with some coole thing that is meet for it.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. v. 21 My bellies as cold as if I had swallow'd snow-bals, for pilles to coole the reines. View more context for this quotation
1714 J. Purcell Treat. Cholick 161 Steel..given in this manner (which for the most part rather Cools than Heats).
1829 Jrnl. Health 1 66 If rather bolder practitioners, they will give sweet spirits of nitre, because they read that it cools the fever.
1875 Times 20 Oct. 4/4 The second-class traveller buys a huge sandia..; a lump of this cools the fevered blood; two pounds may be eaten without fear of harm.
1985 Ethnology 24 29 The leaves of..Citrus aurantium, are used to cool the blood postpartum and treat menstrual hemorrhaging.
c. transitive. To cause (something) to become less hot or warm; to cause to lose heat. Also with down.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > cool
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a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 192 (MED) Heete hem & cole hem.
?a1475 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) (1908) 115 Colyn or kelyn, frigefacio.
1555 R. Eden tr. P. Giovio Libellus de legatione Basilii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 287 The common people..are acustomed for delycatenes [i]n sommer to coole theyr beere and mede with puttynge Ise therin.
1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. Ev You may..keepe your winde to coole your pottage.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. v. 112 To be throwne into the Thames, and coold, glowing-hot, in that serge like a Horse-shoo; thinke of that; hissing hot. View more context for this quotation
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 207 The Air, which ventilates and cools the Mines.
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 242 Snow..they..use..because, as they say, it cools or congeals any Liquor sooner.
1776 Farmer's Mag. Apr. 28 Some good marle, or chalk..might possibly cool the land.
1817 W. Tucker Family Dyer & Scourer (1818) 54 When these ingredients are boiled enough, cool your copper down.
1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iii. 74 A thunderstorm..had cooled the atmosphere.
1902 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 8 Sept. 4/5 A clump of trees cools the air as a piece of ice cools the water in a pitcher.
1969 B. Spock Baby & Child Care (U.K. rev. ed.) 132 Put the bottle in hot water, bring to a boil..then cool it down to body temperature before giving it.
1990 Field & Stream Mar. 41/2 The fish will begin to spawn, only to be driven off by a cold snap that cools the water suddenly.
4. figurative.† b. transitive. To deprive (a thing) of its opportuneness or freshness of interest; to make stale. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To make less zealous or ardent; to cause (a person) to lose the heat of excitement, passion, or emotion; to reduce the intensity of (a feeling, an activity, etc.). Also with down, (U.S. colloquial) out.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > compose or make calm [verb (transitive)]
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besoothe1614
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tranquillify1683
soothe1697
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peacify1845
quieten1853
conjure1856
peace1864
disfever1880
patise1891
de-tension1961
mellow1974
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > make cold
coolc1330
frostbite1593
disinflame?1611
freezea1616
colden1860
c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 650 (MED) He..leide him deueling on þe grounde, To kolen [v.rr. kele, solace] is hertte in þat stounde.
c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) l. 540 (MED) Sitte þer, broþer..For to colyn þy blood!
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. xii. 265 To repente hymself of the castynge of his gage and to be so koled of the bataylle.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxxviii. §18. 145 That i ware kolid in þi mercy fra hete of vices and temptaciouns.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 260 The king then being somewhat cooled of his great furie, graunted their desire.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. i. 53 Hee hath..thwarted my bargaines, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies. View more context for this quotation
1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 147 When your concupiscents are cooled by the Holy Ghost.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. i. 136 Which cools the resolutions of the zealousest Prince.
1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 82 I..ordered him to fetch a kit full of water and discharge it at them, which immediately cool'd their courage, and loosed their grapples.
1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) ii. 105 But time his fervent petulance may cool; For tho' he is a wit, he is no fool.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 198. ⁋13 I found my friends..cooled in their affection.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 524 The lapse of time which cools the ardour of the friends whom he has left behind.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island 147 This little whiff of temper seemed to cool Silver down. He had been growing nettled before, but now he pulled himself together.
1950 N.Y. Herald Tribune 29 July 10/8 The tear-up and the cackle-bladder, two of the major devices for cooling out a mark.
1964 A. W. Gouldner in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 209 The restaurant hostess who cools out the impatient customer.
1974 News (Frederick, Maryland) 20 Feb. a4/2 The opposite of this—higher taxes to draw the excess from the money supply to cool a feverish economy—doesn't always work.
1986 New Yorker 18 Aug. 24/1 Don't cool me down, can't you see I'm already off and running?
2003 I. Chang Chinese in Amer. xi. 186 This racism cooled Pardee Lowe's teenage ambition to be elected president of the United States.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored with [verb (transitive)] > make wearisome or tedious
leadc1430
stale1601
wooden1641
cool1665
flatten1693
mustify1828
woodenize1877
leaden1899
dehydrate1957
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > make new or novel [verb (transitive)] > deprive of newness
cool1665
1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense To T. Aldius sig. a, in Scepsis Scientifica For what ever heat attends the first sallies of young Inventions, Time..cools these delights.
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 June (1965) I. 367 The great Gulph between You and Me cools all News that comes hither.
1738 R. Thyer Let. 11 Mar. in Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1856) II. i. 198 You are come too late, the thing is cooled.
c. transitive. To make less warm in colour; to reduce the warmth or intensity of (a colour or its effect); to tone down. Frequently with down.
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1832 J. Constable Let. 17 July III. 78 Darken one of the children dancing, her on the right—cool her drapery and darken it.
1842 R. Hendrie Two Lett. to Amateur Artist 32 A few transparent glazings will either warm up tints too heavy..or cool down tints too warm.
1846 T. H. Fielding Painting in Oil & Water Colour (ed. 4) 125 It seems to be the natural tendency of finish to cool down and subdue the brightest colours.
1969 Winnipeg Free Press 12 Feb. (advt.) Colour fidelity control... You can warm up or cool down colours to suit your preference.
1996 Amateur Gardening 25 May 17/2 Cool down the hottest colours with Nicotiana ‘Lime Green’.
1996 A. Lawson Gardener's Bk. of Colour 104 Silver..tends to cool down a scheme by replacing the slightly warmer green foliage colour.
d. transitive. U.S. slang. To kill. Also with out.
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the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)]
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quelleOE
of-falleOE
ofslayeOE
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ayeteeOE
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beliveOE
to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE
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asweveOE
drepeOE
forleseOE
martyrOE
to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE
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off-quellc1175
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adeadc1225
to bring of daysc1225
to do to deathc1225
to draw (a person) to deathc1225
murder?c1225
aslayc1275
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to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275
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strangle1303
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killc1330
tailc1330
to take the life of (also fro)c1330
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to kill to (into, unto) death1362
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to ding to deathc1380
mortifya1382
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to dight to death1393
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fella1400
kill out (away, down, up)a1400
to slay up or downa1400
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to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480
to put offc1485
to-slaya1500
to make away with1502
to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503
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to put downa1525
to hang out of the way1528
dispatch?1529
strikea1535
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to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540
to fling to deathc1540
extinct1548
to make out of the way1551
to fet offa1556
to cut offc1565
to make away?1566
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to put away1588
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unmortalize1593
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to lay along1599
to make hence1605
conclude1606
kill off1607
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feeze1609
to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611
to kill dead1615
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to take off1619
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to make meat of1632
to turn up1642
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expedite1678
to make dog's meat of1679
to make mincemeat of1709
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to lay out1829
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to use up1833
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to rub out1840
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to put under the sod1847
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to fix1875
to put under1879
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to do away with1899
to take out1900
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to knock rotten1919
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to set over1931
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to put to sleep1942
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to take down1967
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1833 Sketches & Eccentricities D. Crockett xi. 145 I can kill more lickur..and cool out more men than any man you can find in all Kentucky.
1930 E. W. Scott in Flynn's 6 Sept. 849/1 Eight stick-up Johnnies out of ten aren't so hot about coolin' a cop.
1965 ‘D. Shannon’ Death-bringers (1966) v. 62 Anybody could have cooled him... I don't care one hell of a lot who shot Walter William.
1969 ‘J. Morris’ Fever Grass 251 He wasn't killed in any private fight... He was cooled by a Chinese agent.
1981 Event 9 Oct. 28/1 Cool out, to kill.
5. Horse Riding (chiefly U.S.). With out.
a. intransitive. Of a horse: to recover after physical exertion.
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1831 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 10 Dec. 4/3 The way in which the black mare cooled out, showed..that the jig was up, barring accident.
1870 Harper's Mag. July 249 Colonel M'Daniels's filly cooled out well, and when called for the second heat, she was in superb condition.
1936 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 15 Feb. 34/6 The condition they are in..and how they cool out after a desperate contest..determines the number of times a horse can be started.
2007 Horse & Rider Jan. 60/1 Consider sharing exercise time with a friend... Offer to turn out, hand graze, or longe her horse while yours is cooling out.
b. transitive. To enable (a horse or a horse's legs) to recover after physical exertion, esp. by slow walking. Frequently in passive.
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1871 H. Woodruff & C. J. Foster Trotting Horse Amer. (new ed.) xxi. 188 The horse will be cooled out in conformity with the directions before given, by slow walking in clothes in the air.
1946 M. C. Self Horseman's Encycl. 430 A horse is brought in from a long ride on a hot day and, having been cooled out, is turned into his stall where his water awaits him.
1990 Equus Aug. 4/1 The fast, easy way to cool out legs, reduce swelling and increase circulation.
2001 L. Hildebrand Seabiscuit (2002) vii. 104 Pollard..sat outside the stall, reading the paper while Seabiscuit was cooled out.
6. intransitive. Sport. With down. To recover from strenuous physical exercise by gradually decreasing the level of exertion, as by jogging and walking after running. Cf. warm v. 9c.
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1972 N.Y. Times 21 May v. 5/2 Sprinters run through the tape a long distance after a race to cool down and avoid unnecessary quick stops that can produce pulled muscles.
1992 Future Fitness UK May–June 1 The right way to warm up and cool down: by far the most important part of your workout.
2002 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 8 July 14/2 Amateur sportspeople who fail to warm up or cool down risk serious injury.
Phrases
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > console or relieve > relieve (suffering)
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to bete one of one's balea1400
to cool a person's caresc1400
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c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1254 Keuer hem comfort & colen her carez.
P2. slang (originally U.S.). to cool it: to relax, calm down; (also) to curtail or put an end to an activity (frequently with on, with). Frequently in imperative.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > become composed or calm [verb (intransitive)]
saughtelc1400
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compose1663
to breathe freely (also easy, easily)1695
tranquillize1748
cool1836
simmer down1842
calm1877
relax1907
to cool it1952
to Zen out1968
mellow1974
to take a chill pill1981
chillax1994
1952 H. Ellson Golden Spike ii. 14 No, let's cool it for a while.
1953 E. Gilbert Hot & Cool 13 Cool it, girl. Nobody's interested.
1968 Crescendo June 33/1 Cool it will you? I said once a week, there's no need to go stark raving mad.
1982 O. Clark Diary 18 Feb. (1998) 115 [He] has been told to cool it on the Wall movie after Alan Parker walked off the movie for a week.
1989 E. Hoffman Lost in Transl. (1991) iii. 215 ‘Hey guys, cool it’—Don, a psychology student who hates fights, jumps in.
1990 J. Updike Rabbit at Rest i. 79 For Chrissake, cool it with the channel-changer.
2002 R. Williams Sing yer Heart out for Lads i. 58 Lee. It's over. (To Lawrie. ) Cool it, Lawrie.
P3. to cool one's coppers: see copper n.1 8.
P4. to cool one's heels (also †feet, †hooves): to rest, esp. after the feet have become hot with walking; (now usually) to wait, to be kept waiting.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > be delayed
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to cool one's heels (also feet, hooves)1576
slow1601
stay1642
retard1646
to come by the lame post1658
to cool one's toes1665
1576 G. Whetstone Ortchard of Repentance 61 in Rocke of Regard And nowe they will him coole his feete, He cloyde with yrons great.
1606 A. Nixon Black Yeare sig. Dv Many striuing to stretch beyond compasse shal so heate themselues on New-market-heath, that they shall be constrained to coole their heeles in New-gate.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads iii. 340 The soldiers all sat down enrank'd, each by his arms and horse That then lay down and cool'd their hoofs.
1641 Barthol. Faire 4 Who forthwith comitted my little hot furie to the stockes, where we will leave him to coole his heeles.
1752 H. Fielding Amelia II. vi. ix. 257 In this Parlour, Amelia cooled her Heels, as the Phrase is, near a Quarter of an Hour.
1786 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) iii. 77 We had the pleasure of cooling our heels for half an hour.
1847 C. Brontë Let. ?24 Sept. (1995) I. 542 The train was just gone and I had to cool my heels at the station for two hours.
1849 Southern Literary Messenger Feb. 127/2 The humble visitor is warned not to become impatient..at being left to cool his heels in the ante-room of the White House while more important personages are admitted.
1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn I. x. 141 Whilst Philip was cooling his heels in Lincoln's Inn Fields, a rather curious scene was in progress.
1954 I. Murdoch Under Net i. 7 So you may imagine how unhappy it makes me to have to cool my heels at Newhaven, waiting for the trains to run again.
1997 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 June 26/1 He was made to cool his heels in the corridor outside some functionary's office while the great man attended to more urgent matters.
P5. colloquial (originally U.S.). to cool one's jets: to calm down; to become less excited or agitated. Frequently in imperative.In quot. 19731: to become less warm, cool off.
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1973 Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids) 29 Jan. 1/1 If you want to cool your jets, just step outside, where it will be about 10 degrees under cloudy skies.
1973 Independent Record (Helena, Montana) 21 Oct. 4/3 Nixon may be able to stifle Congress but he better cool his jets if he thinks he can mess with the rest of the world.
1984 J. McInerney Bright Lights, Big City 154 ‘What time is it?.. I'm late for work.’ ‘Cool your jets. It's Saturday.’
1998 I. Welsh Filth 284 God Bruce! Cool yir jets man! We're tryin tae git some sleep!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† coolv.2
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To run, flow.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)]
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1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. G The vessels through which it colith or runnith.
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. H.h.iiiv It droppeth and coolyth out of the vaynes.
1696 D. Manley Royal Mischief iii. i. 26 A pleasing trickling cools through all my Veins, And tempers into Love, what else would be Distraction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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