Meanings
nouncold one (plural cold ones)
plural cold ones
- idiomaticinformalA beer; usually, a cold beer straight from a refrigerator or cooler.
I'm going to crack open a cold one.
1 more example
They sat in a booth near the door and drank the first cold ones of the evening while watching three impassioned pinballers dickering with flashing, promising, tilting machines.
1981, Jack Cady, SingletonSynonyms: frosty one, ice-cold
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA beer; usually, a cold beer straight from a refrigerator or cooler.
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Translations
Portuguese gelada
- geladaa beer
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cold one. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20one
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“cold one.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20one. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cold one,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20one.
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