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Thursday, December 17, 2009

NJ CHILLIN ....

chill
n.
1. A moderate but penetrating coldness.
2. A sensation of coldness, often accompanied by shivering and pallor of the skin.
3. A checking or dampening of enthusiasm, spirit, or joy: bad news that put a chill on the celebration.
4. A sudden numbing fear or dread.
adj.
1. Moderately cold; chilly: a chill wind.
2. Not warm and friendly; distant: a chill greeting.
3. Discouraging; dispiriting: "Chill penury repressed their noble rage" (Thomas Gray).
v. chilled, chill·ing, chills
v.tr.
1. To affect with or as if with cold.
2. To lower in temperature; cool.
3. To make discouraged; dispirit.
4. Metallurgy To harden (a metallic surface) by rapid cooling.
v.intr.
1. To be seized with cold.
2. To become cold or set: jelly that chills quickly.
3. Metallurgy To become hard by rapid cooling.
4. Slang
a. To calm down or relax. Often used with out.
b. To pass time idly; loiter. Often used with out.
c. To keep company; see socially. Often used with out.




chilling Featured Word

adjective

  • fun or relaxing. Also chill.

chill Featured Word

adjective

  • great, awesome; COOL.
    My boyfriend's new Mustang is way chill.

    by Marisa B., Chapel Hill, NC, USA, Mar 04 2002.

  • fine, okay.
    Don't worry about me, I'm chill.

    by Dana, MD, USA, Oct 17 2002.

  • okay with; in agreement with.
    Yeah, I'm chill with that.

    by Frost., Sep 11 2003.

  • fun, but low-key.
    Person A: How was the party?

    Person B: It was chill.

    by Matt S., Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, USA, Oct 31 2003.

  • conducive to relaxation; LOW-KEY.
    Person A: How was the party?

    Person B: It was chill.

    by Anonymous, Feb 23 2009.

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