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chills

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /tʃɪl/
    • /tʃɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /tʃɪl/

Definitions of chills word

  • noun chills Plural form of chill. 1
  • noun chills plural of chill. 0
  • noun chills (medicine) A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions. 0
  • verb chills third-person singular simple present indicative form of chill. 0

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Parts of speech for Chills

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

chills popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

chills usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for chills

verb chills

  • ices — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
  • clouds — a comedy (423 b.c.) by Aristophanes.

adjective chills

  • arctics — high, warm, waterproof overshoes, usually with buckles
  • sharps — something sharp.

noun chills

  • nips — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
  • rigors — strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
  • anxieties — Plural form of anxiety.
  • apprehensions — Plural form of apprehension.
  • palls — a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.

Antonyms for chills

noun chills

  • fevers — Plural form of fever.
  • heats — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heat.
  • impetuosities — Plural form of impetuosity.

Top questions with chills

  • what causes chills?
  • why do i keep getting chills?
  • what are chills?
  • why do people get chills?
  • why do i have the chills?
  • what do chills feel like?
  • what causes the chills?
  • what does it mean when you get chills?
  • why do we get chills?
  • what are the chills?
  • what causes chills without fever?
  • chills when pregnant?
  • why do you get the chills?
  • what causes cold chills?
  • why do i get chills?

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