Antonyms for cool out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kool
Phonetic Transcription : kul


Definition of cool out

Origin :
  • Old English col "not warm" (but usually not as severe as cold), also, of persons, "unperturbed, undemonstrative," from Proto-Germanic *koluz (cf. Middle Dutch coel, Dutch koel, Old High German kuoli, German kühl "cool," Old Norse kala "be cold"), from PIE root *gel- "cold, to freeze" (see cold (adj.)).
  • Applied since 1728 to large sums of money to give emphasis to amount. Meaning "calmly audacious" is from 1825. Slang use for "fashionable" is 1933, originally Black English; modern use as a general term of approval is from late 1940s, probably from bop talk and originally in reference to a style of jazz; said to have been popularized in jazz circles by tenor saxophonist Lester Young. Related: Coolly.
  • As in moderate : verb restrain, control
  • As in quiet : verb make silent, calm
  • As in temper : verb calm, moderate
  • As in calm : verb make composed, quiet
  • As in contemplate : verb think about seriously; plan
  • As in allay : verb reduce something, usually a pain or a problem
Example sentences :
  • I said I had decided it wouldn't do me any harm to cool out a bit.
  • Extract from : « Cutting It out » by Samuel G. Blythe
  • Come and sit in the porch awhile; I shall get cool out there.
  • Extract from : « Thelma » by Marie Corelli
  • The product is allowed to cool out of contact with air, else it may inflame.
  • Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia » by Various
  • I can kill more likker, cool out more men, and fool more varmints than any man you can find in all Tennessee!
  • Extract from : « The Way to the West » by Emerson Hough
  • Altogether when Mrs. Ascott came in, fresh and cool out of her carriage, Cicely was not in the best mood to receive her.
  • Extract from : « The Curate in Charge » by Margaret Oliphant
  • Never mind, the kitchen is hot anyway, but it's nice and cool out here under this maple.
  • Extract from : « At the Little Brown House » by Ruth Alberta Brown
  • And see about getting a hall where we can hold a meeting of the ringleaders, those are the ones we're going to have to cool out.
  • Extract from : « Black Man's Burden » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

Synonyms for cool out

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