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Definition of cool (one's) heels
cool (one's) heels
verb
- to wait.
Cop A: Where's the suspect?
Cop B: Cooling his heels in cell 3.- See more words with the same meaning: to wait.
Last edited on Feb 15 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 17 2011.
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Other terms relating to 'to wait': | |
| Definitions include: a period of waiting, during which little can be accomplished, until a particular external event occurs. | |
| Definitions include: to wait. | |
| Definitions include: to stay in one place and wait patiently. | |
| Definitions include: to calm down or wait. | |
| Definitions include: to wait. | |
| Definitions include: to wait patiently. | |
| Definitions include: to be standing or sitting somewhere. | |
| Definitions include: "wait a minute"; "hold on"; etc. | |
| Definitions include: to sit around waiting for something to happen. | |
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Other terms relating to 'cool': | |
| Definitions include: Origin: The Fly Girls. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent, interesting, fun, etc. | |
| Definitions include: exclamation of positive sentiment; "Cool!" | |
| Definitions include: phrase used to indicate that something is very good, excellent, "cool". | |
| Definitions include: phrase used to indicate that something is very good, excellent, "cool". | |
| Definitions include: a person acting cool, in the "nonchalant" sense of "cool". | |
| Definitions include: to stop being angry. | |
| Definitions include: reform school | |
| Definitions include: jail or prison. | |
| Definitions include: most cool. | |
| Definitions include: the state of being cool. | |
| Definitions include: making fun of someone that did something stupid. | |
| Definitions include: to stop. | |
| Definitions include: Used to indicate an extreme like for something. | |
| Definitions include: to stop being angry. | |
Other terms relating to 'heel': | |
| Definitions include: to fall in love. | |
| Definitions include: very in love. | |
| Definitions include: high-heeled shoes with very tall heels. | |
| Definitions include: "what the hell?" | |
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