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chill out

chill out is the alternative form of chillout.

Verb

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.
    • 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.
    Synonyms:
    chill
  2. (dated, intransitive, slang) To hang out; spend time together with another person or group.
    • Hey, we should chill out together this weekend.
    Synonyms:
    chill, hang out

Meaning of chillout

Noun

chillout (countable and uncountable, plural chillouts)

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

Synonyms of chill out

Forms of chill out

Noun
pluralchill outs
Verb
third-person singular presentchills out
present participlechilling out
past participlechilled out
pastchilled out

Origin of chill out

From chill and out.

Questions about chill out

What does chill out mean?
Chill out means to relax or take time out; to calm down; reduce or go easy on something.
What is chill out the alternative form of?
Chill out is the alternative form of chillout.
What part of speech is chill out?
Chill out is a verb.
What is the past tense of chill out?
The past tense of chill out is chilled out.

Words near chill out in the dictionary

  1. chill
  2. chill girl
  3. chill girls
  4. chill hours
  5. chill it with
  6. chill out
  7. chill outs
  8. chill pill
  9. chill pills
  10. chill to the bone
  11. chill-out

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chill out (page history and authors); chillout (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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