chil
- noun
- /tʃɪl/
- Informal
- I felt a sudden chil run down my spine when I heard that noise in the dark.
I got a little, I got chills.
- I got a little, I got chills.
- You know, you, you're not cold, but you have like a chill.
- Because honestly, finding out that there's somebody else's human stem cells in a product just kind of gave me chills up the back of my neck.
- And when you drink this stuff, like it's the most bitter taste that you ever, you know, sometimes they gave me chills.
Examples
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Because honestly, finding out that there's somebody else's human stem cells in a product just kind of gave me chills up the back of my neck.
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And that means you can have heart palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, chills, shaking, dizziness, nausea.
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And as I wrote that down, I got I got these chills on my arms.
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I actually got chills a little cold in here too.
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Oh I'm cold, I've got chills everywhere, Oh my gosh.
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In fact, right now if you're feeling chills, a little dizzy, lightheaded, that might not be corona.
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After stepping out of the warm house, the chil in the air made me shiver.
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The chil from the open window made the room feel much colder than it was.
Synonyms
A feeling of being cold, often from illness or cold weather
A feeling or condition of low temperature
A slight cold feeling in the air or on your body
Antonyms
How Cold
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chil is an informal spelling of chill, from an old English word for 'cold'. Think of a small, sudden feeling that makes you shiver — a 'chil' — and you will remember it means a slight cold or shiver.