Chill may refer to:
- Chills that occur during high fevers as a result of immune response to disease
- Shivering, a bodily function in response to early hypothermia in warm-blooded animals
- Cold chill, a tingling feeling, possibly accompanied by a shudder, caused by perceptions of cultural products like music and literature, or by recollection
Famous quotes containing the word chill:
“The moon was waiting for her chill effect.
I looked at nine: the swarm was turned to rock
In every lifelike posture of the swarm,
Transfixed on mountain slopes almost erect.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“O fool, what else is sleep but chill death’s likeness?”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“Men felt a chill in their hearts; a damp in their minds. In a desperate effort to snuggle their feelings into some sort of warmth, one subterfuge was tried after another ... sentences swelled, adjectives multiplied, lyrics became epics.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)