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- US Pronunciation
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- [kool it]
- /kul ɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kool it]
- /kul ɪt/
Definitions of cool it words
- phrase cool it If you tell someone to cool it, you want them to stop being angry and aggressive and to behave more calmly. 3
- noun cool it to calm down; take it easy 3
- noun cool it to calm down 3
- adjective cool it moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening. 1
- adjective cool it feeling comfortably or moderately cold: I'm perfectly cool, but open the window if you feel hot. 1
- adjective cool it imparting a sensation of moderate coldness or comfortable freedom from heat: a cool breeze. 1
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Origin of cool it
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English cole, Old English cōl; cognate with Middle Low German kōl, Old High German kuoli (German kuhl). See cold, chill
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Parts of speech for Cool it
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cool it popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% 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".
cool it usage trend in Literature
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verb cool it
- slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- ebb — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
adv cool it
- passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- sincerely — free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology.
- earnestly — serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous: an earnest worker.
- vigorously — full of or characterized by vigor: a vigorous effort.
- down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
Antonyms for cool it
verb cool it
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- intensify — to make intense or more intense.
adv cool it
- lightly — with little weight, force, intensity, etc.; gently: to press lightly on a door bell.
- casually — happening by chance; fortuitous: a casual meeting.
- minor — lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.
- funnily — providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical: a funny remark; a funny person.
- trivially — of very little importance or value; insignificant: Don't bother me with trivial matters.
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