chilling

Other forms of chilling

plural

chillings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chilling

What does chilling mean?

chilling means "the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chilling?

chilling has 2 syllables: chil-ling. The stress falls on "chil". In IPA it is /ˈtʃɪlɪŋ/.

What is another word for chilling?

Close synonyms include cooling, temperature reduction, scary, shivery, shuddery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chilling a common word?

chilling is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.