Meaning of cool cat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who performs or appreciates jazz, especially one whose style of speech and movement is relaxed and rhythmic.
   idiomatic
2. A person who is at ease and self-assured; one who is calm and composed in interactions with others.
   idiomatic

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Examples

“Step up and take⟳ a look⟳ at the U.S.'s latest secret weapon. A hot missile? No, a cool cat—Earl ("Fatha") Hines, jazz pianist nonpareil.”

“In 1964, Dizzy Gillespie ran for the US presidency on an anti-racism, pro-bebop platform. Sholto Byrnes looks back on the very brief political career of one very cool cat.”

“[W]e had just opened after only 10 cliff‐hanging days in Boston . . . [and] were all doing our first show⟳. The only cool cat among us was the remarkable director, George Abbott, who had been there many times before and looked pleased, proud and relaxed.”

“"I've talked to a lot of young people, and they're all very excited that he's such a cool cat—not black or white or anything like⟳ that—just such a cool guy."”

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