Meaning

5 senses
  1. Moderately cold or chilly.

    A chill wind was blowing down the street.

    kühler, kühlen

    прохла́дныйproxládnyj

  2. Unwelcoming; not cordial.

    Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception.

  3. (slang)Calm, relaxed, easygoing.

    The teacher is really chill and doesn't care if you use your phone during class.

    Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain.

  4. (slang)"Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.

    That new movie was chill, man.

  5. (slang)Okay, not a problem.

    Sorry about that. —It's chill.

Examples

283 sentences
  1. I was chilled to the bone.

    ruЯ продрог до костей. — Balamax

    deDer Schreck fuhr mir in die Glieder. — al_ex_an_der

  2. A chill ran down my spine.

  3. That was a bone-chilling experience.

  4. I want to chill the wine more.

    deIch möchte den Wein besser kühlen. — al_ex_an_der

  5. I need to find people to chill with.

    deIch muss Leute finden, mit denen ich chillen kann. — Zaghawa

Translations

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Origin

From Middle English chele, chile, from Old English ċiele, ċele (“cold; coldness”), from Pr

From Middle English chele, chile, from Old English ċiele, ċele (“cold; coldness”), from Proto-West Germanic *kali, from Proto-Germanic *kaliz, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold”). Closely related with Dutch kil. Also akin to cool, cold, gel, and congeal, which see.

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