adj
Meaning 1
That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
killing
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Pronunciation
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/ˈkɪl.ɪŋ/
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CMU ARPABET: K IH1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Devastatingly attractive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, idiomatic
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adj
Meaning 3
That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
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name
Meaning 4
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 5
The act of killing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
An instance of someone being killed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
A large amount of money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable, usually
Examples
- He made a killing on the stock market.
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verb
Meaning 8
present participle and gerund of kill
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
very funny
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a killing joke
- sidesplitting antics
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sidesplitting
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
the act of terminating a life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kill, putting to death
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: termination, ending, conclusion
Narrower terms: deathblow, coup de grace, death, euthanasia, mercy killing, homicide, dispatch, despatch, fell, suicide, self-destruction, self-annihilation, slaughter, poisoning, suffocation, asphyxiation, sacrifice, ritual killing, electrocution, decapitation, beheading, genocide, race murder, racial extermination
noun
Meaning 11
an event that causes someone to die
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: violent death
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fatality, human death
noun
Meaning 12
a very large profit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cleanup
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
History
Etymology
From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُمِيت (mumīt) — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Arabic: قَاتِل (qātil) — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Danish: dødelig — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Finnish: tappava — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Georgian: სასიკვდილო (sasiḳvdilo) — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Georgian: მომაკვდინებელი (momaḳvdinebeli) — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Hindi: घातक (ghātak) — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Italian: mortale — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Kazakh: өлтіру (öltıru) — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Portuguese: mortal — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Russian: уби́йственный (ubíjstvennyj) — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Russian: смерте́льный (smertélʹnyj) — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Sanskrit: घातुक (ghātuka) — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Spanish: mortal — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Turkish: öldürücü — lethal, deadly, fatal
- Danish: pivfræk — devastatingly attractive
- Finnish: tyrmäävä — devastatingly attractive
- Portuguese: de matar — devastatingly attractive
- Chichewa: kuphá — the act of killing
- Albanian: vrasje — instance of someone being killed
- Arabic: قَتْل (qatl) — instance of someone being killed
- Algerian Arabic: قتل (qetl) — instance of someone being killed
- Chinese Mandarin: 殺 /杀 (shā) — instance of someone being killed
- Choctaw: abi — instance of someone being killed
- Danish: drab — instance of someone being killed
- Dutch: doding — instance of someone being killed
- Esperanto: mortigo — instance of someone being killed
- Finnish: tappaminen — instance of someone being killed
- French: meurtre — instance of someone being killed
- Georgian: მკვლელობა (mḳvleloba) — instance of someone being killed
- German: Töten — instance of someone being killed
- German: Erlegen — instance of someone being killed
- Italian: uccisione — instance of someone being killed
- Italian: omicidio — instance of someone being killed
- Italian: assassinio — instance of someone being killed
- Japanese: 殺すこと (korosu koto) — instance of someone being killed
- Latin: nex — instance of someone being killed
- Latin: interfectiō — instance of someone being killed
- Latin: mactatio — instance of someone being killed
- Latin: mortificatio — instance of someone being killed
- Latin: caesum — instance of someone being killed
- Latin: exanimatio — instance of someone being killed
- Latin: letum — instance of someone being killed
- Macedonian: убиство (ubistvo) — instance of someone being killed
- Ojibwe: nitaagewin — instance of someone being killed
- Old English: mansliht — instance of someone being killed
- Old English: sleġe — instance of someone being killed
- Old English: cwalu — instance of someone being killed
- Portuguese: assassinato — instance of someone being killed
- Russian: уби́йство (ubíjstvo) — instance of someone being killed
- Russian: убо́й (ubój) — instance of someone being killed
- Russian: умерщвле́ние (umerščvlénije) — instance of someone being killed
- Russian: убие́ние (ubijénije) — instance of someone being killed
- Russian: лише́ние жи́зни (lišénije žízni) — instance of someone being killed
- Sanskrit: घात (ghāta) — instance of someone being killed
- Spanish: asesinato — instance of someone being killed
- Telugu: చంపుట (campuṭa) — instance of someone being killed
- Tocharian B: kāwälñe — instance of someone being killed
- Turkish: katledilme — instance of someone being killed
- Turkish: öldürülme — instance of someone being killed
- Walloon: touwaedje — instance of someone being killed
- Walloon: moude — instance of someone being killed
- Finnish: jättisumma — large amount of money
- Finnish: jättipotti — large amount of money
- German: Reibach — large amount of money
- Spanish: fortuna — large amount of money
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