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noun
- A sensation of cold accompanied by shivering (as due to illness)
"He had caught a chill that night, and was now down with a fever."
- An intense shivery sensation shiver, shudder
- A disagreeable sensation of coldness
"When you venture outside on a cold day, chances are you feel the biggest chill in your fingers."
- A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold
"a chill in the air"
- A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling
"And a chill fell over the service as mourners … carried a casket draped in white to the altar."
adjective
- Moderately cold
- Cold, raw
- Affected by cold
"chill travelers"
- Distant, formal
"a chill reception"
- Depressing, dispiriting
"chill penury"
- Having a laid-back style or easy demeanor
"She looked just like Joey Potter … Really young and super chill. No one was paying any attention. It was a laid-back situation."
verb
- To become cold
- To shiver or quake with or as if with cold
- To become taken with a chill
- Chill out
- Hang
- To make cold or chilly
"chilled by a cold wind"
- To make cool especially without freezing
"chill the wine"
- To affect as if with cold dispirit
noun
- Windchill
verb
- To calm down go easy relax
idiom
- To raise the temperature slightly to a comfortable level
"I'll turn on the heat for a bit, just to take the chill off."
verb
- To chill (something) in advance
"prechill the wine"
noun
- A still-air temperature that would have the same cooling effect on exposed human skin as a given combination of temperature and wind speed
idiom
- Used to say that someone feels very thrilled, frightened, etc.
idiom
- To make someone feel very thrilled, frightened, etc.
"Her superb singing made a shiver run up my spine."
This clue was used on June 15, 2025.
This clue has been used several times with the same answer. It also appeared on these dates:
February 8, 2025