Definitions for killingˈkɪl ɪŋ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

kill•ingˈkɪl ɪŋ(n.)

  1. the act of a person or thing that kills.

  2. the total game killed on a hunt.

  3. a quick and unusually large profit or financial gain.

  4. (adj.)fatal or destructive.

  5. exhausting:

    a killing pace.

  6. Informal. irresistibly funny.

    Category: Informal

Origin of killing:

1400–50

kill′ing•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. killing, violent death(noun)

    an event that causes someone to die

  2. killing, kill, putting to death(noun)

    the act of terminating a life

  3. killing, cleanup(adj)

    a very large profit

  4. killing, sidesplitting(adj)

    very funny

    "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. killing(noun)ˈkɪl ɪŋ

    the act or process of causing sb to die

    a brutal killing; the killing of seals

Wiktionary

  1. killing(Noun)

    A large amount of money.

    He made a killing on the stock market.

  2. killing(Adjective)

    That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.

  3. killing(Adjective)

    Devastatingly attractive.

  4. killing(Adjective)

    That makes one u2018dieu2019 with laughter; very funny.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Killing(u)

    of Kill

  2. Killing(adj)

    literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible


Translations for killing

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

kitten(noun)

a young cat

The cat had five kittens last week.

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