Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keep one's cool

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables: keep- one's -cool
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remain composed, calm, and even-tempered, especially in a provocative situation.

Example Sentences

"All week long I've been keepin' my cool / But tonight I'm gonna let my hair down / And get down with these down home blues"
"In the heat of the afternoon, while Roger Clemens threw a temper tantrum and the Boston Red Sox became unraveled, Dave Stewart kept his cool."
"Fighting back panic, she tried to keep her cool and find a way out from under the rubble."
"Taiwan’s president told the self-ruled island’s military units Tuesday to keep their cool in the face of daily warplane flights and warship maneuvers by rival China, saying that Taiwan will not allow Beijing to provoke a conflict."

Inflected Forms

keeps one's cool (present, singular) keeping one's cool (participle, present) kept one's cool (participle, past) kept one's cool (past)

Synonyms

keep a cool head have one's wits about one

Antonyms

blow one's cool lose one's cool

Questions

What does keep one's cool mean?: To remain composed, calm, and even-tempered, especially in a provocative situation.

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