Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive, slang)To relax or take time out; to calm down; reduce or go easy on something.

    Since I'm between projects, I think I'll just chill out.

    I wish I could chill out about the neighbor's barking dog, but it wakes me up every night.

    sich entspannen

  2. (dated, intransitive, slang)To hang out; spend time together with another person or group.

    Hey, we should chill out together this weekend.

More definitions
  • become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

Examples

12 sentences

  1. Would you chill out?

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  2. We can chill out a bit.

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  3. Need a break? Let's chill out.

    Потрібна перерва? Відпочиньмо! — Ahha

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  4. Ziri felt chills coming out of his spine.

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  5. You need to chill out.

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Translations

7 languages
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By meaning 1
relax or take time out:

Origin

From chill and out.

From chill and out.

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Forms

chills out, chilling out, chilled out, chilled out
Base formchill out · to chill out
3rd person singularchills out
Present participlechilling out
Past simplechilled out
Past participlechilled out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychill out
he, she, itchills out

Past simpleLesson

all personschilled out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave chilled out
he, she, ithas chilled out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill chill out

Synonyms

8 synonyms
chillC1hang out
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
RelatedchillC1chilloutchillaxunwind

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chillC1chillyC1chimechimera
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