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cool head

cool head noun: a calm, focused demeanor and mindset; a person having such characteristics.

Noun

cool head (plural cool heads)

  1. (idiomatic) A calm, focused demeanor and mindset; a person having such characteristics.
    • [H]e had been engaged in divers hostile expeditions against the aborigines, and on all occasions had he shown a cool head and a resolute mind.1829, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 23, in The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish
    • Joan had a cool head—the only cool head there—and she took command and brought order out of that chaos.1896, Mark Twain, chapter 5, in Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

cool head meaning in Bengali

cool head in Bengali

একটি শান্ত, একনিষ্ঠ আচরণ এবং মানসিকতা

Examples of cool head in a sentence

  • A telegenic personality who connected easily with journalists, Gerberding quickly became the public face of the CDC—a rare cool head among a parade of increasingly confused health bureaucrats.2006 November 19, Christine Gorman, “What Ails The CDC”, in Time, retrieved 20 Mar 2014:
  • It took a cool head to co-ordinate with the signaller at York ROC to have the train switched from fast to slow line, to permit the stop in Huntingdon station.2025 November 12, Philip Haigh, “High praise for rail staff's courage and clear thinking”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 50:

Forms of cool head

pluralcool heads

Words formed from cool head

Questions about cool head

What does cool head mean?
Cool head means a calm, focused demeanor and mindset; a person having such characteristics.
What is cool head in Bengali?
Cool head in Bengali is একটি শান্ত, একনিষ্ঠ আচরণ এবং মানসিকতা. See Cool head meaning in Bengali.
How do you use cool head in a sentence?
A telegenic personality who connected easily with journalists, Gerberding quickly became the public face of the CDC—a rare cool head among a parade of increasingly confused health bureaucrats.
What part of speech is cool head?
Cool head is a noun.
What is the plural of cool head?
The plural of cool head is cool heads.

Words near cool head in the dictionary

  1. cool grays
  2. cool grey
  3. cool greys
  4. cool hand
  5. cool hands
  6. cool head
  7. cool heads
  8. cool heads must prevail
  9. cool heads prevail
  10. cool heads will prevail
  11. cool hunter

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