Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cool it

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.14 in modern English

Syllables: cool it
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Calm down, relax, take a time out.

Informal

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cool, it.

Example Sentences

"We did tell him to cool it but he just got more and more irate."
"MCDERMOTT: Oh my God, Bateman, you want me to fry you up some fucking potato pancakes? Some latkes? BATEMAN: No, just cool it with the antisemitic remarks."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

cools it (present, singular) cooling it (participle, present) cooled it (participle, past) cooled it (past)

Synonyms

cool one's jets calm calm down cool off chill out simmer down settle down

Questions

What does cool it mean?: Calm down, relax, take a time out.

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