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be cool

be cool interjection: used to implore someone to not reveal illegal or improper activity.

Interjection

  1. (imperative) Used to implore someone to not reveal illegal or improper activity.
    • That's why I scoured our newsroom for red yarn, watched an episode of "The Bachelorette" during work (shhh, be cool) and tacked pictures of reality TV stars alongside a scrap of notebook paper...2016, Erin Udell, “Could CSU's Chase McNary be the next Bachelor?”, in The Coloradoan
  2. (imperative) Used to remonstrate someone for being (inadvertently) awkward, nerdy, geeky, or embarrassing.

be cool meaning in Kannada

be cool in Kannada

ತಣ್ಣಗಿರು, ತಂಪಾಗಿರು, ತಣ್ಪುವೆರು, ತಂಪುವೆರು

Origin of be cool

From be + cool.

Questions about be cool

What does be cool mean?
Be cool means used to implore someone to not reveal illegal or improper activity.
What is be cool in Kannada?
Be cool in Kannada is ತಣ್ಣಗಿರು, ತಂಪಾಗಿರು, ತಣ್ಪುವೆರು. See Be cool meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is be cool?
Be cool is an interjection.

Words near be cool in the dictionary

  1. be born yesterday
  2. be bothered
  3. be called
  4. be careful
  5. be careful what you wish for
  6. be cool
  7. be cruel to be kind
  8. be damned
  9. be done with
  10. be down with
  11. be fearful when others are greedy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: be cool (page history and authors); be cool (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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