Cool Off

Definition: Cool Off

Cool Off

Verb

1. Become quiet or calm, esp. after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off." "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.".

2. Lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably".

3. Feel less enamoured of something or somebody.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Cool Off

Crosswords: Cool Off

Maybe she just needs a day to cool off. (10 Things I Hate About You; writing credit: Karen McCullah Lutz; Kirsten Smith)

When the clock strikes twelve, we'll cool off then ("Rock Around the Clock"; performing artist: Bill Haley & the Comets)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Deck hand Mike Theberge and two scientific observers cool off in a jungle stream on Isla Cocos. Credit: Small World.

Waiting for motor to cool off. Sawmill, Childs, Florida. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Albanian

qetësohem (abate, blow out, calm down, cool down, die down, grow quiet, heal, rage, settle down, simmer down, subside). (various references)

Chinese 

冷卻 (cooling). (various references)

Finnish

vilvoitella (cool), jäähdytellä. (various references)

German

abkühlen (chill, cool, cool down, to cool off). (various references)

Greek 

ηρεμώ (calm, calm down, compose, quiet, quieten, relax), δροσίζω (bedew, cool, freshen, quench, refresh). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפשור (compromise, melt, thaw). (various references)

Hungarian

lenyugszik (set, to cool off, to go down), lehűl (to chill, to cool, to cool down, to cool off, to freshen, to get cold, to get cool, to run chill). (various references)

Indonesian

mengadem. (various references)

Italian

raffreddare (become cold, catch a cold, chill, cool, cool down, die down, make cold, refrigerate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"�'開けて涼む (to cool off by opening the window), 涼む (to cool off, to cool oneself, to enjoy evening cool), 涼�'とる (to cool off), 温む (to become tepid, to cool off). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すずむ (to cool off, to cool oneself, to enjoy evening cool), ぬるむ (to become tepid, to cool off), りょう�'とる (to cool off, to enjoy the cool breeze). (various references)

Pig Latin

oolcay offay

Russian 

остывать (cool, cool down). (various references)

Swedish

förkolna (char). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: coff, coof, cool, floc, fool, loco, loof.

-4 letters: col, coo, loo, off.

-5 letters: lo, of.