Cool \Cool\, a. [Compar. {Cooler}; superl. {Coolest}.] [AS.
   c[=o]l; akin to D. koel, G. k["u]hl, OHG. chouli, Dan.
   k["o]lig, Sw. kylig, also to AS. calan to be cold, Icel.
   kala. See {Cold}, and cf. {Chill}.]
   1. Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth;
      producing or promoting coolness.
      
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            Fanned with cool winds.               --Milton.
      
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   2. Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty;
      deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed;
      dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool
      debater.
      
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            For a patriot, too cool.              --Goldsmith.
      
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   3. Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
      
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   4. Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as,
      a cool manner.
      
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   5. Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of
      minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully;
      presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
      
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            Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.
                                                  --Hawthorne.
      
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   6. Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money,
      commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the
      amount.
      
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            He had lost a cool hundred.           --Fielding.
      
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            Leaving a cool thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket.
                                                  --Dickens.

   Syn: Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed;
        repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent.
        
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Cooler \Cool"er\, n.
   That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.
   
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         If acid things were used only as coolers, they would
         not be so proper in this case.           --Arbuthnot.
   
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   2. Anything in or by which liquids or other things are
      cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.
      
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   3. An alcoholic beverage containing liquor or wine plus a
      carbonated beverage, usually served with ice.
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   4. jail; -- usually used in the form the cooler. [slang]
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   4. an air conditioner.
      [PJC] cool-headed