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chills¹

  • /t͡ʃɪlz/

Rhymes with -ɪlz

noun

  1. plural plural of chill

noun

  1. plural, plural only A biological response to being tickled; being cold; or experiencing fear, euphoria or sexual arousal in which the person forms goose bumps. I get chills every time I hear that song.
  2. plural, plural only A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of chill

Chills²

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Chill

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: chilly, iciness, gelidity, cool down, cool, quiver, tingle, pall, frisson, shivering, shiver, thrill, shudder, ague, heebie-jeebies, creeps

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noun medical symptom

Españolescalofríos
Portuguêscalafrio
DeutschSchüttelfrost
Русскийозно́б oznób

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@misc{chills_2026,
  title = {chills},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chills},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}