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chill
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English chil, chile, from Old English ?iele (“cold; coldness”), from Proto-Germanic *kaliz. Merged with Middle English chele, from Old English c?le (“cold; coldness”), from Proto-Germanic *k?liz, *k?l?? (“coolness; coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold”). Related to German Low German Köle, German Kühle, Danish køle, Swedish kyla, Icelandic kylur. Compare also Dutch kil (“chilly; frosty; frigid”). See also cool, cold.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
chill (countable and uncountable, plural chills)
- A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
- A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
- An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
- An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it..
- The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
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- A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
- Calmness; equanimity.
- A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
Translations
Adjective
chill (comparative more chill, superlative most chill)
- Moderately cold or chilly.
- Unwelcoming; not cordial.
- (slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
- (slang) "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
- Synonym: cool
- (slang) Okay, not a problem.
Translations
Verb
chill (third-person singular simple present chills, present participle chilling, simple past and past participle chilled)
- (transitive) To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
- (intransitive) To become cold.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
- (intransitive, metallurgy) To become hard by rapid cooling.
- (intransitive, slang) To relax, lie back.
- (intransitive, slang) To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group.
- Synonym: chill out
- (intransitive, slang) To smoke marijuana.
- (transitive, figuratively) To discourage, depress.
Translations
Derived terms
References
- chill in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- chill in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Etymology 2
From ch- +? will, from ich + will.
Alternative forms
- ch'ill, 'chill
Contraction
chill
- (West Country, obsolete) I will
- 1588, anon. or William Byrd, "Though Amaryllis Daunce in Greene"
- Yet since their eyes make hart so sore, hey ho, chill love no more.
- Synonym: I'll
- 1588, anon. or William Byrd, "Though Amaryllis Daunce in Greene"
Irish
Noun
chill
- Lenited form of cill.
Middle English
Etymology
See ch-.
Verb
chill
- I will
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English chill.
Adjective
chill
- (slang) cool
Verb
chill
- imperative of chille
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
chill
- Lenited form of cill.
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thrill
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???l/
- (UK, US) IPA(key): [??????]
- (Ireland) IPA(key): [?????l], [t?????l]
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Old English þ?rlian (“to pierce”), derived from þ?rel (“hole”) (archaic English thirl).
Verb
thrill (third-person singular simple present thrills, present participle thrilling, simple past and past participle thrilled)
- (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
- 1854, Matthew Arnold, Preface to Poems
- vivid and picturesque turns of expression […] which thrill the reader with a sudden delight
- 1854, Matthew Arnold, Preface to Poems
- (ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
- (obsolete) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
- (obsolete) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
- 1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age
- I'd thrill my jauelin at the Grecian moysture
- 1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age
Derived terms
- enthrill
Translations
Noun
thrill (plural thrills)
- A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion.
- A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
- (medicine) A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
- A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Blend of thread (verb) +? drill (verb).
Verb
thrill (third-person singular simple present thrills, present participle thrilling, simple past and past participle thrilled)
- (machining) To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements.
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