Meanings
kool1
comparative kooler · superlative koolest
- deliberatemisspellingslangDeliberate misspelling of cool.
kool2
present singular third person kools · participle present kooling · participle past kooled · past kooled · alternative cool
- obsoletecostermongersTo look; to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
Now kool my downy kicksies—the style for me, / Built on a plan werry naughty,
c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 1612 more examples
We had not been engaged in our reading very long when at the far end of the arch I noticed a twinkling light. "Kool esclop!" shouted one of the boys, at the same moment doucing the glim and bolting with his companion, leaving me in the dark with my upset beer bottle and my douced candle, forming a spectacle which seemed to arouse suspicion on the part of our friend the policeman, whose light it was that had appeared in the distance.
1903 October 28, Rev. Arthur Tappan Pierson, quoting Hogg, Quintin, “Quintin Hogg and the London Polytechnic”, in Missionary Review of the World, volume 26, number 16, page 734“Kool retfa the posh” he’d call to Mum, “I’m going to ekat the yenom to the kaynab” Somewhere Dad had learnt Backslang and this was the preferred medium of communication between him and Mum when there were customers in the shop. What he had just said was, “Look after the shop, I’m taking the money to the bank”
2014 October 18, “Golborne Road, Miscellaneous Memories”, in WordPress, retrieved 06 Jun 2017Synonyms: look
Kool3
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo look; to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
Origin
Kool · proper noun
- DutchKool
- EnglishKool
Borrowed from Dutch Kool, shortened from Nikolaas, the Dutch form of Nicholas.
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kool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kool
“kool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kool. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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