zero chill noun4 •(informal) Inability to be calm or rational."Sam, I think we need to discuss your chill factor. Right now you're on like zero chill. It's just not going to do." — 2007 •(informal) Lack of any good qualities.“So dad can't get here?” She added some shrill tones into the rising outrage. “Zero chill.” — 2015 •Cold temperatures of approximately zero degrees.These nitrifying homes will act in any climate, provided they are guarded from zero chills. — 1909 •The property of a casting having no chill (hardened surface).As the carbon equivalent increases, the depth of the chill decreases until the entire sample is gray, showing a zero chill measurement. — 1960 formszero chills