cool

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Editorial note

We didn't grow up the jocks, the cool kids, or the prom king.

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Quick take

the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature; "the cool of early morning"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cool gathered in one view.

noun

the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature; "the cool of early morning"

noun

great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"

verb

make cool or cooler; "Chill the food"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cool.

noun

the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature; "the cool of early morning"

noun

great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"

See also: aplomb, assuredness, poise, sang-froid

verb

make cool or cooler; "Chill the food"

verb

loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"

verb

lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably"

adjective

neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze"

adjective

marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament"

adjective

(color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets; "cool greens and blues and violets"

adjective

psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes"

adjective

(used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification; "a cool million bucks"

adjective

fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept; "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early"

Example sentences

We didn't grow up the jocks, the cool kids, or the prom king.

This did not feel cool and startuppy at all.

I was trained during my teenage years, that it's cool to say things like that.

Hard science + all the cool technologies you can read on HN => Fun + money.

The security guard was cool about it though.

Sure, iphones are really cool but this is a step in a terrifying direction.

I interviewed with Facebook, and did very well, and was quickly offered a cool salary.

The end result might look a little prettier but that cool Infragistics graph is locked inside the program and can't be shared like the old Excel report because no one hooked up the "export feature".

It's like because there's an artistic element this or it's pure-web tech the appreciation of a cool hack and interesting exploration of a technology is completely gone.

As a member of Python community, I hereby congratulate Ruby for joining the ranks of pretty-cool-but-not-so-hot-anymore technologies.

I'd wager it's less than 40%.No, what typically happens is that an analyst or software dev notices someone's cool spreadsheet and says "hey, I can make something that does this job, but it'll be a LOT faster and I'll put the data up in the cloud and multiple people can access it at once and..."And that sounds great, so they get a little budget and a project is born.