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: one that chills
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: an eerie or frightening story of murder, violence, or the supernatural
chiller
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
In this effective, no-nonsense chiller, a couple – one with an escalating form of parasomnia (a sleep disturbance that leads to fugue-like sleep walking) – seek and don’t get some R&R together and wind up arguing more and getting more agitated as freaky things start to happen.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Six of the top 10 bestselling drinks at the location are chillers.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Intensely creepy and increasingly unhinged, Alejandro Amenábar’s supernatural chiller owes much to Kidman’s unwavering commitment as a distressed, shotgun-wielding mother trying to protect her children from the hauntings plaguing their remote country house in ’40s Jersey.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
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Noun
But act quickly—some pieces, like the marble wine chiller, have already sold out.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
In this effective, no-nonsense chiller, a couple – one with an escalating form of parasomnia (a sleep disturbance that leads to fugue-like sleep walking) – seek and don’t get some R&R together and wind up arguing more and getting more agitated as freaky things start to happen.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Six of the top 10 bestselling drinks at the location are chillers.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Intensely creepy and increasingly unhinged, Alejandro Amenábar’s supernatural chiller owes much to Kidman’s unwavering commitment as a distressed, shotgun-wielding mother trying to protect her children from the hauntings plaguing their remote country house in ’40s Jersey.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Chiller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chiller. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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