cooling card (Shakespeare)

Anything that discourages, or dashes hopes

get one's cards

To be dismissed from one's employment

hold all the cards

To have control over all of the factors that may determine the outcome of a situation

house of cards

1. A card-castle, cards built up into storeys
2. Any flimsy or precarious structure, scheme, etc

keep or play one's cards close to one's chest

To conceal one's full intentions

knowing card

Someone who is astute, sharp or wide awake

leading card

A strong point in one's case

make a card

To win a trick in a card game

on the cards

1. Not improbable
2. Likely to happen

play one's cards well or right (or badly)

1. To make (or not to make) the best of one's chances
2. To act (or not to act) in a way that will bring one benefit or advantage

play one's strongest or trump card

To make use of one's greatest advantage

show (all) one's cards

To expose one's secrets or designs, esp when giving an advantage to someone else by so doing

speak by the card

To speak with precision and to the point

sure card

Someone who is wide awake

the cards are stacked against (someone or something)

The circumstances, or facts, are ranged against (a person, an argument, etc)

throw up (or in) the cards

1. To give in
2. To admitdefeat

cool /kool/

adjective

1. Slightly cold
2. Free from excitement
3. Calm, imperturbable
4. Disinterested, unenthusiastic
5. Indifferent
6. Impudent
7. Unemotional and relaxed
8. (of jazz music) restrained, economical and relaxed
9. Excellent, admirable (informal)
10. Acceptable (informal)
11. (of large amounts, esp of money) all of, not less than, as in a cool million (informal)

transitive verb

1. To make cool
2. To allay or moderate (eg heat, excitement, passion, etc)

intransitive verb

1. (often with down) to grow cool
2. To lose radioactivity

noun

1. That which is cool
2. Coolness, imperturbability, self-possession, sangfroid

coolˈant noun

1. A cooling agent
2. A fluid used to cool the edge of a cutting tool (engineering)
3. A fluid used as the cooling medium in an engine (engineering)
4. The gas or liquid circulated through a reactor core to carry the heat generated in it to boilers or heat exchangers

coolˈer noun

1. Anything that cools
2. A vessel in which something is cooled
3. A cool box or bag
4. A spritzer with additional fruit juice
5. Jail, esp a military jail (slang)
6. A refrigerator (N American)

coolˈish adjective

Somewhat cool

coolˈly adverb

1. In a cool manner
2. With composure
3. Indifferently
4. Impudently

coolˈness noun

1. Moderate cold
2. Indifference
3. Diminution of friendship
4. Lack of zeal
5. Lack of agitation
6. Self-possession

coolth noun (dialect)

Coolness

coolˈy adjective (Spenser)

Cool

cool box or cool bag noun

An insulated box or bag, used to keep food, etc cool

cool change noun (Aust)

A change in wind direction resulting in cooler weather

coolˈheaded adjective

1. Not easily excited
2. Capable of acting with composure

coolˈhouse noun

A greenhouse kept at a cool temperature

coolˈhunter noun (informal)

A person who studies and advises on probable trends in fashion

cooling card noun (Shakespeare)

Anything that discourages, or dashes hopes

cooling-off see cool off below.

cooling-off period noun

The time, usu a period of five to seven days, in which a consumer has the right to serve notice of cancellation of a credit, insurance, etc agreement

cooling tower noun

A large structure in which water heated in an industrial process is cooled for re-use

coolˈ-tankard noun

1. An old name for a cooler with spices and borage
2. A local name for borage

cool it (slang; often imperative)

To calm down, act in a relaxed fashion

cool off

1. To become less angry and more amenable to reason (cooling-offˈ noun and adjective)
2. To grow less passionate (coolˈing-offˈ noun and adjective)

cool one's heels

To be kept waiting

keep one's cool (informal)

To remain calm, keep one's head

lose one's cool (informal)

To become flustered

play it cool

To act in a deliberately controlled and calm manner