cool
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- adjective
- /kuːl/
- Informal
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- Call it a cool million and I'm in.
- a cool million
- a cool billion
- a cool grand
Examples
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Microsoft paid the band a few cool million for the use of the song.
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Seventeen years after starting his fund with $100K, he was managing a cool $70 million.
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My take: a cool million.
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Winner takes home a cool 10 grand and nationwide celebrity.
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It's the type of thing where a cool $1000 started to seem like a bargain after shopping there a while.
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A signed first edition of The God Delusion, apparently, goes for a cool 700 bucks.
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As long as you're asking, why don't we go for a cool million.
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So earlier this week, Disney bought the rights to George Lucas' Lucasfilm for a cool $4.05 billion!
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The grant scores Needham's schools a cool $111,500, which they say is the first step toward taking down the silos.
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A book deal alone could be worth a cool and easy $1 million.
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
A mocking reply that shows you think a story is boring or not important
Compounds
- Jargon
A person who finds new styles in fashion and culture likely to become popular
- Formal
A medium that gives little detail so people must fill in parts, like television or cartoons
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Cool used before a number, as in 'a cool thousand', comes from slang where cool means impressive or striking, so it makes the amount feel large and notable.