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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kohld
Phonetic Transcription : koʊld



Definition of out cold

Origin :
  • Old English cald (Anglian), ceald (West Saxon) "cold, cool" (adj.), "coldness," from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz (cf. Old Frisian and Old Saxon kald, Old High German and German kalt, Old Norse kaldr, Gothic kalds "cold"), possibly a past participle adjective of *kal-/*kol-, from PIE root *gel-/*gol- "cold" (cf. Latin gelare "to freeze," gelu "frost," glacies "ice").
  • Meaning "not strong" (in reference to scent) is 1590s, from hunting. Cold front in weather is from 1921. Cold-call in the sales pitch sense first recorded 1972. Japanese has two words for "cold:" samui for coldness in the atmosphere or environment; tsumetai for things which are cold to touch, and also in the figurative sense, with reference to personalities, behaviors, etc.
  • As in lifeless : adj not living, not containing living things
  • As in asleep : adj unconscious
  • As in unaware : adj ignorant
  • As in passed out : adj unconscious
  • As in comatose : adj unconscious
Example sentences :
  • Ed Symes, he noticed with quiet satisfaction, was now out cold.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Have we been out cold this long, or did we come to and walk back to here?
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson at Truk » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • When the rest of the boys came in, everybody was out cold on the floor.
  • Extract from : « Instant of Decision » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • I was just walking along, and the next instant I was out cold.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson at Casablanca » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • A smile appeared on the man's lean face: the guard was out—cold.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories, July, 1931 » by Various
  • He laid us out cold, said that we were as standardized as Fords and that we were ashamed of anything intellectual.
  • Extract from : « The Plastic Age » by Percy Marks
  • There was a large bruise on the side of his head and he was out cold, but he was still breathing.
  • Extract from : « A Knyght Ther Was » by Robert F. Young
  • "While he was out cold I gave him a shot of whiskey to bring him 'round," Lindsay told her.
  • Extract from : « The Ambassador » by Samuel Kimball Merwin
  • He was out cold, then, for several Earth-days, and only dimly aware for many days afterward.
  • Extract from : « Big Pill » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • Freddy and he couldn't have been out cold from drugs from Monday night until Friday.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson at Truk » by Robert Sydney Bowen

Synonyms for out cold

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