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語源

Deverbal from chill out.

名詞

chillout (countable and uncountable, plural chillouts)

1. (colloquial) A period of quiet, rest and relaxation, especially after a party, etc.
   • 2011, Chris Gibson, John Connell, Festival Places: Revitalising Rural Australia, →ISBN, page 70:

     The Gloucester Chamber of Commerce cancelled this year's SnowFest […] . President Peter Markey says instead a 'chillout day' is being held at the end of the month.

2. (music) Synonym of downtempo.

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chill out (third-person singular simple present chills out, present participle chilling out, simple past and past participle chilled out)

1. (intransitive, slang) To relax or take time out; to calm down; reduce or go easy on something.

   Synonym: chill

   Since I'm between projects, I think I'll just chill out.

   I wish I could chill out about the neighbor's barking dog, but it wakes me up every night.

   You should chill out on the fatty foods.

   • 2002 April 23, Avril Lavigne, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards, Scott Spock (lyrics and music), “Complicated”, in Let Go, performed by Avril Lavigne, Arista Records:

     Chill out, whatcha yelling for?

   • 2004, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead (motion picture):

     Ed: Chill out. Everyone's all right. / Shaun: Stop telling me to chill out!

   • 2004 January 2, Ariel Levy, “Where the Bois Are”, in New York Magazine‎:

     A girl […] telling her friend, “I met her at a party three weeks ago, but now she’s like e-mailing me and I’m just like, chill out, bitch!”

2. (intransitive, slang, somewhat dated) To hang out; spend time together with another person or group.

   Synonyms: chill, hang out

   Hey, we should chill out together this weekend.

関連する語

• chillout

参考

• chill
• take a chill pill
• chillax
• unwind

名詞

chill out (plural chill outs)

1. Alternative spelling of chillout