Chill
/tʃɪl/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Chill
noun
- A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
"There was a chill in the air."
- 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.
"Close the window or you'll catch a chill. I felt a chill when the wind picked up."
- 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.
"Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene. The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience. His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone."
- 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.
verb
adjective
- Moderately cold or chilly.
"A chill wind was blowing down the street."
- Unwelcoming; not cordial.
"Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception."
- Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
"Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain."
- "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
"That new movie was chill, man."
- Okay, not a problem.
""Sorry about that." "It's chill.""