Definition of playin' it cool

play it cool    

verb - intransitive

• to be nonchalant.

  If she talks to you, just play it cool. Don't come across as too eager.

  • See more words with the same meaning: calm.

  Last edited on Mar 01 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 31 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'calm':
chill out	Definitions include: to calm down.
cool	Definitions include: very good, excellent, interesting, fun, etc.
cool (one's) jets	Definitions include: to calm down or wait.
low-key	Definitions include: calm; restrained.
simmer down	Definitions include: to calm down.

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Other terms relating to 'cool':
CAH	Definitions include: Origin: The Fly Girls.
cool	Definitions include: very good, excellent, interesting, fun, etc.
coolage	Definitions include: exclamation of positive sentiment; "Cool!"
cool bananas	Definitions include: phrase used to indicate that something is very good, excellent, "cool".
cool beans	Definitions include: phrase used to indicate that something is very good, excellent, "cool".
cool customer	Definitions include: a person acting cool, in the "nonchalant" sense of "cool".
cool down	Definitions include: to stop being angry.
cooler	Definitions include: reform school
cooler, the	Definitions include: jail or prison.
coolest	Definitions include: most cool.
coolfulness	Definitions include: the state of being cool.
cool guy McGee	Definitions include: making fun of someone that did something stupid.
cool it	Definitions include: to stop.
coolness	Definitions include: Used to indicate an extreme like for something.
cool off	Definitions include: to stop being angry.
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Other terms relating to 'it':
about it	Definitions include: in support of.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
AFAIUI	Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I understand it".
beat it	Definitions include: to masturbate.
beat it up	Definitions include: for a male to have sexual intercourse.
bite it	Definitions include: to fall and hit the ground.
black snake it	Definitions include: not showering before bed after working all day.
bling-bling it	Definitions include: to display bling-bling.
blow it	Definitions include: to completely fail a task.
BOHICA	Definitions include: acronym of "bend over here it comes again."
boke it	Definitions include: to vomit.
book it	Definitions include: to move very fast.
booze it up	Definitions include: to drink heavily.
bout it	Definitions include: see about it.
'bout it	Definitions include: to be in agreement with something or wanting to do something.
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Other terms relating to 'play':
butt play	Definitions include: sexual activity involving the anus.
Devil's Advocate, Playing	Definitions include: To tell someone something, even though it may not be right.
don't play (one) stupid	Definitions include: See play (one) stupid.
F2P	Definitions include: "free to play".
get played	Definitions include: Being dissed or insulted.
go play in traffic	Definitions include: an insult.
LARP	Definitions include: acronym for "live action role-playing."
level playing field	Definitions include: a fair competition.
MMORPG	Definitions include: acronym for "massively multiplayer online role playing game."
nice play, Shakespeare	Definitions include: Used to describe an action.
not playing with a full deck	Definitions include: insane, clueless, lacking in mental ability.
play	Definitions include: sexual activity.
play around	Definitions include: to cheat on one's significant other.
play ball	Definitions include: to cooperate.
play cat and mouse	Definitions include: of two groups or people, to pursue.
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