What does KILLER mean?

Definitions for KILLER
ˈkɪl ərkiller

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word KILLER.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. killer, slayernoun

    someone who causes the death of a person or animal

  2. cause of death, killernoun

    the causal agent resulting in death

    "heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States"

  3. killernoun

    a difficulty that is hard to deal with

    "that exam was a real killer"

  4. killer whale, killer, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orcanoun

    predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas

Wiktionary

  1. killernoun

    That which kills.

  2. killernoun

    That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.

  3. killernoun

    Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.

    Various means had were used to steer aircraft in the early years but ailerons were the killer.

  4. killernoun

    A knockout form of darts involving several players

  5. killernoun

    A diacritic mark used in Indic scripts to suppress an inherent vowel (e.g., the Hindi viram, the Bengali or Oriya hasanta) or render the entire syllable silent (e.g., the Burmese virama, the Khmer toandakhiat).

  6. killeradjective

    Excellent, very good.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Killernoun

    One that deprives of life.

    Etymology: from kill.

    What sorrow, what amazement, what shame was in Amphialus, when he saw his dear foster-father find him the killer of his only son! Philip Sidney.

    Wilt thou for the old lion hunt, or fill
    His hungry whelps? and for the killer kill,
    When couch’d in dreadful dens? George Sandys.

    So rude a time,
    When love was held so capital a crime,
    That a crown’d head could no compassion find,
    But dy’d, because the killer had been kind. Edmund Waller.

Wikipedia

  1. Killer

    Killer is a song by British acid house DJ and record producer Adamski. Written by Adamski and Seal and produced by Adamski, "Killer" was Adamski's breakthrough single but is now more notable for featuring Seal as a vocalist. A major hit in the United Kingdom, it reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, spending four weeks at the top in May and June 1990. In total, the single sold over 400,000 copies in the UK, earning it a Gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry. The song also peaked at number one in Belgium and Zimbabwe and number two in Germany and the Netherlands.

ChatGPT

  1. killer

    1) In literal sense, a killer is a person, animal, or thing that kills or causes the death of another. 2) In figurative contexts, it could also refer to something that is extremely difficult or exhausting, or something that is particularly impressive, effective or excellent. 3) In the context of diseases, a killer is a disease or condition with a high mortality rate. 4) In computing slang, it often refers to a software or application designed to surpass or replace an existing dominant product. For example, 'iPhone killer' would refer to a smartphone designed to be more popular or advanced than the iPhone.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Killernoun

    one who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills

  2. Killernoun

    a voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known

Wikidata

  1. Killer

    "Killer" is a song by Adamski and Seal. Written by Adam Tinley and Seal and produced by Adamski, "Killer" was Adamski's breakthrough single, but is now more notable for introducing Seal as a vocalist. A major hit in the UK, it reached number one, spending four weeks at the top of the chart in May 1990. In total, the single sold over 400,000 copies in the UK, earning it a BPI Gold certification.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. killer

    A name for the grampus, Orca gladiator, given on account of the ferocity with which it attacks and destroys whales, seals, and other marine animals. (See GRAMPUS.)

Suggested Resources

  1. killer

    Song lyrics by killer -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by killer on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. KILLER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Killer is ranked #86314 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Killer surname appeared 216 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Killer.

    55% or 119 total occurrences were White.
    31.4% or 68 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    5% or 11 total occurrences were Black.
    4.6% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'KILLER' in Nouns Frequency: #1974

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of KILLER in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of KILLER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of KILLER in a Sentence

  1. Daniel Cormier:

    I'm here as a businessman and a natural-born killer. I'm here to get the job done, and he (Pettis) is the guy to do it on.

  2. David Wills:

    She created the look of the Bond Girl, the two-piece with the halter and the knife in it? It completely sold the movie. She’s emerging from the water, her hair is all wet and she has that killer bone structure. It just said one thing — danger. That look was really a new kind of sexual animal that really hadn’t been seen on screen.

  3. Jeffrey Vlaming:

    CHRIS The bane and blessing of human nature. That old cat killer, curiosity. Something so deeply embedded in our psyches that it screams to us from ancient myths of Pandora. Eve. Lot's wife. JOEL Eve lost paradise, Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt. Knowledge doesn't come cheap my friend. CHRIS Good or bad, curiosity is woven into our DNA like tonsils or like the opposable thumb. It's the fire under the ass of the human experience

  4. Paul Castro:

    Most likely they didn't come anywhere near the $35,000 which you would traditionally pay 10 percent it was probably more like 2 percent, so this woman in particular the woman who owns it her signature is on the line that put my son's accused killer back on the streets.

  5. Kirby Williams:

    Kidney cancer is a silent killer; there are really no symptoms.

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