chilly adjective chill·i·er; -est 1 : noticeably cold
2 : unpleasantly affected by cold
3 : lacking warmth of feeling
Synonyms
[1] bitter, bleak, chill, nippy, raw, sharp; also brisk, crisp; arctic, cold, freezing, frigid, frosty, icy
[3] chill, cold, cold-blooded, cool, frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, unfriendly, unsympathetic, wintry—more at COLD
1chime noun 1 : a set of bells musically tuned
2 : the sound of a set of bells — usu. used in pl.
3 : a musical sound suggesting bells
2chime verb chimed; chim·ing 1 : to make bell-like sounds
2 : to indicate (as the time of day) by chiming
3 : to be or act in accord : be in harmony
Synonyms
knell, peal, ring, toll—more at RING
chime in verb : to break into or join in a conversation
Synonyms
break, cut in, interpose, interrupt, intrude—more at INTERRUPT
chi·me·ra noun [ORIGIN: L chimaera, fr. Gk chimaira she-goat, chimera]
1 : an imaginary monster made up of incongruous parts
2 a : an illusion or fabrication of the mind
b : an impossible dream
Synonyms
conceit, daydream, delusion, dream, fancy, fantasy, figment, hallucination, illusion, phantasm, pipe dream, unreality, vision—more at FANTASY
chi·me·ri·cal also chi·me·ric adjective 1 : existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary or improbable
2 : given to fantastic schemes
Synonyms
fabulous, fanciful, fantastic, fictitious, imaginary, made-up, mythical, phantom, pretend, unreal—more at IMAGINARY
chim·ney noun, plural chimneys 1 : a vertical structure extending above the roof of a building for carrying off smoke
2 : a glass tube around a lamp flame
chimp noun : CHIMPANZEE
chim·pan·zee noun : an African ape related to the much larger gorilla
1chin noun : the part of the face below the lower lip including the prominence of the lower jaw
— chin·less adjective
2chin verb chinned; chin·ning : to raise (oneself) while hanging by the hands until the chin is level with the support
chi·na noun : porcelain ware; also : domestic pottery in general
Chi·na·town noun : the Chinese quarter of a city
chinch bug noun : a small black and white bug destructive to cereal grasses
chin·chil·la noun 1 : either of two small So. American rodents with soft pearl-gray fur; also : this fur
2 : a heavy long-napped woolen cloth
chine noun : the back or spine of an animal or man : BACKBONE, SPINE; also : a cut of meat including all or part of the backbone
Chi·nese noun, plural Chinese 1 : a native or inhabitant of China
2 : any of a group of related languages of China
— Chinese adjective
Chinese cabbage noun 1 : BOK CHOY
2 : an Asian garden plant related to the cabbage and widely grown in the U.S. for its tight elongate cylindrical heads of pale green to cream-colored leaves
Chinese checkers noun : a game in which each player in turn transfers a set of marbles from a home point to the opposite point of a pitted 6-pointed star
Chinese gooseberry noun : a subtropical vine that