How to pronounce "chill"

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Phonetic Breakdown of "chill"

Learn how to break down "chill" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.

Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:

/tʃɪl/
Phonetic representation based on standard dictionaries

IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

CH IH1 L
Standard phonetic transcription to help with precise pronunciation

Pronunciation Tips:

  • Stress the first syllable
  • Pay attention to vowel sounds
  • Practice each syllable separately

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Definition of "chill"

Pronunciation: /tʃɪl/

Noun

  • A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
    Example: "There was a chill in the air."
  • A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
    Example: "Close the window or you'll catch a chill.   I felt a chill when the wind picked up."
  • An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
    Example: "Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene.   The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience.   His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone."
  • An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
  • The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
  • A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
  • Calmness; equanimity.
  • A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.

Verb

  • To lower the temperature of something; to cool
    Example: "Chill before serving."
  • To become cold
    Example: "In the wind he chilled quickly."
  • To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling
  • To become hard by rapid cooling
  • To relax, lie back
    Example: "Chill, man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up."
  • To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out.
    Example: "Hey, we should chill this weekend."
  • To smoke marijuana
    Example: "On Friday night do you wanna chill?"
  • To discourage, depress
    Example: "Censorship chills public discourse."

Adjective

  • Moderately cold or chilly.
    Example: "A chill wind was blowing down the street."
  • Unwelcoming; not cordial.
    Example: "Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception."
  • Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
    Example: "Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain."
  • "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
    Example: "That new movie was chill, man."
  • Okay, not a problem.
    Example: ""Sorry about that." "It's chill.""