Chill

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VB: Clip of ‘‘chill out’’ meaning to Relax; "I’m just going to sit here and chill." F92 chill: (VB) - to relax (ADJ) - something that is good, ex. "that’s chill" Source: Dictionary of Geneseo English, Fall 1998 Simmington Chill (VB): to calm down or relax by doing mindless activities with or without friends or other people. Definition of 92% of those surveyed. (F06) Chill (ADJ): down-to-earth, cool, relaxed. Definition of approximately 8% of those surveyed. (F06) Chill (VB): to let food settle from the high temperature it was just cooking at or to make cold. Secondary definition of approximately 14% of those surveyed. (F06) Simmington, D. McGiveron Because we did not list a part of speech on the paper survey, we got many different definitions for this word

This entry originally created by K Simmington, 2006.

Comments:

Based on survey results, 100% of participants could define "chill out" to mean all these definitions; indicating that the word is not obsolete (J Costello, A-F, 2019).

Posted by jbc9 at Apr 07, 2019 20:45

I’ve heard students use "chill" as an adjective–did this come up at all in research?

Posted by drake at May 04, 2019 23:27

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