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We Real Cool Glossary

Pool (noun)

Another name for billiards. Any of several games played on an oblong table by driving small balls against one another or into pockets with a cue stick.

Cool (adjective)

Marked by a steady dispassionate calmness and self-control.

of jazz: Marked by restrained emotion and the frequent use of counterpoint.

Free from tension or violence.

Lurk (verb)

To lie in wait in a place of concealment, especially for an evil purpose.

To move furtively or inconspicuously.

Sin (noun)

An offense against religious or moral law.

An action that is or is felt to be highly reprehensible.

Thin (verb)

To dilute or weaken.

Jazz (noun)

American music developed especially from ragtime and blues and characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre.