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cool cats

cool cats is the plural of cool cat.

Meaning of cool cat

Noun

cool cat (plural cool cats)

  1. (idiomatic) A person who performs or appreciates jazz, especially one whose style of speech and movement is relaxed and rhythmic.
    • Step up and take a look at the U.S.'s latest secret weapon. A hot missile? No, a cool cat—Earl ("Fatha") Hines, jazz pianist nonpareil.1966 August 5, “Jazz: Fatha Knows Best”, in Time, retrieved 07 Jan 2018
  2. (idiomatic) A person who is at ease and self-assured; one who is calm and composed in interactions with others.
    • [W]e had just opened after only 10 cliff‐hanging days in Boston . . . [and] were all doing our first show. The only cool cat among us was the remarkable director, George Abbott, who had been there many times before and looked pleased, proud and relaxed.1971 October 31, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, “When N.Y. as a Helluva Town”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Jan 2018

Questions about cool cats

What is cool cats the plural of?
Cool cats is the plural of cool cat.

Words near cool cats in the dictionary

  1. cool box
  2. cool boxes
  3. Cool Britannia
  4. cool burn
  5. cool cat
  6. cool cats
  7. cool center
  8. cool centers
  9. cool chain
  10. cool chains
  11. cool change

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