chilling

/หˆtสƒษชlษชล‹/

IPA: /CH IH1 L IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To lower the temperature of something; to cool

    โ€œChill before serving.โ€

  2. 2

    To become cold

    โ€œIn the wind he chilled quickly.โ€

  3. 3

    To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling

  4. 4

    To become hard by rapid cooling

  5. 5

    To relax, lie back

    โ€œChill, man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up.โ€

  6. 6

    To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out.

    โ€œHey, we should chill this weekend.โ€

  7. 7

    To smoke marijuana

    โ€œOn Friday night do you wanna chill?โ€

  8. 8

    To discourage, depress

    โ€œCensorship chills public discourse.โ€

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is chilled.

adjective
  1. 1

    Becoming cold.

  2. 2

    Causing cold.

  3. 3

    Causing mild fear.

    โ€œIt was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chill, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chilling