"cool cat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-cool cat.ogg [Australia] Forms: cool cats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cool_cat-en-noun-yFEzcJ-~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 63 37
  2. (idiomatic) An individual who is at ease and self-assured; one who is calm and composed in interactions with others. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-cool_cat-en-noun-n4gAY9IX Disambiguation of People: 26 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: beatnik, hepcat, hipster

Inflected forms

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