Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ur-cool

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: ur--cool
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely cool.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Helen, who is sitting just in front of her, stops playing, and turns to her. "Petra, I think we should cool it here." "But that is what I do," says Petra. "This is supposed to be cool. Ur-cool.""
"The pavements were turned into tree-lined, fountained boulevards; which boulevards are enlivened by jazz bands and lasers, lined by new cafes and bars, ur-cool by any standards; […]"
"His film, opening April 11, stars Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as Adam and Eve, an ur-cool bloodsucking couple whose love spans centuries and continents […]"

Etymology

From ur- + cool.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ur

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more ur-cool (comparative) most ur-cool (superlative)

Questions

What does ur-cool mean?: Extremely cool.
Where does ur-cool come from?: From ur- + cool.

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