chill-out

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chill-out

(chĭl′out′)

adj. Slang

Conducive to relaxation; soothing; calming: chill-out music.

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Translations

chill-out

[ˈtʃilaʊt] ADJ [music] → relajante

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chill-out

adj (inf) music → zum Relaxen (inf); chill-out room → Ruheraum m (in dem sich die Besucher eines Rave Clubs erholen können), → Chill-out m (sl)

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The area will be designed with all the needs of the contemporary gentleman in mind, with Playstations, TVs, pool tables and a chill-out area to catch up on the latest newspapers and magazines.

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If you're about to settle down to a 10-day festive break where you have little intention of doing anything other than vegetating on the sofa, a relaxing dose of Animal Crossing could complete the chill-out. With no overall end goal and no high scores to hit, you're let loose in your own town where you can customise almost everything around you and take part in laid-back activities such as fishing and wallpaper design.

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Mixmaster Morris pioneered the chill-out room, a conversation-friendly area where beat-weary club goers can retreat into a world of quieter sounds.

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By now, it has splintered into class-bound factions: on the one hand, hardcore techno's abrasive working-class intensity; on the other, the upscale, chill-out, peace vives of ambient and the "intelligent techno" of trance and progressive house.

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The saccharine pop of Everyone's a VIP to Someone worked on various levels - it could easily nestle onto an Ibiza chill-out compilation or soundtrack an episode of Last Of The Summer Wine - a little idiosyncratic, but that's what The Go!