killer
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
sports
Etymology: From Middle English killer, kyller. By surface analysis, kill + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: killers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more killer
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most killer
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: One who or that which kills.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There’s a killer on the loose.
My cat is a habitual bird killer.
Carbon monoxide is a silent killer.
gloss: That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: That test was a killer.
The final hill in the race course was a killer.
gloss: Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: Digital streaming platforms are CD killers.
gloss: The killer whale.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Theſe Killers are from twenty to thirty Feet long, and have Teeth in both Jaws that lock one within another. They have a Fin, near the middle of their Backs, four or five Foot long. They go in Company by Dozens, and ſet upon a young Whale, and will bait him like ſo many Bull-dogs; ſome will lay hold of his Tail to keep him from threſhing, while others lay hold of his Head, and bite and threſh him, till the poor Creature, being thus heated, lolls out his Tongue, and then ſome of the Killers catch hold of his Lips, and if poſſible of his Tongue; and after they have killed him, they chiefly feed upon the Tongue and Head, but when he begins to putrify, they leave him. This Killer is without doubt the Orca, that Dr Frangius deſcribes in his Treatiſe of Animals.
This skull, which has all the appearance of being that of a full-grown animal, is just one quarter the length and breadth of the skull of the adult common Killer (Orca gladiator).
Fig. 188.—Grampus or Killer, Orca gladiator. (Flower, art. “Mammalia,” ‘Encyclopædia Britannica.’)
We once saw an attack made by three killers upon a cow whale and her calf, in a lagoon on the coast of California in the spring of 1858.
Few animals known to man possess the savage and murderous nature of the small whale-like animals known as killers or orcas. They pass under various names as black fish, killer, orca, kill fish, sea tiger, and deserve all the titles.
There is, however, one species of whale that habitually preys upon other warm-blooded animals—the killer whale. Really a large dolphin, the killer was classified by Linnaeus as Orcinus orca, and by Cope as Grampus rectipinna.
gloss: A remarkably impressive person or thing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: Picture perfect, you don't need no filter / Gorgeous, make 'em drop dead, you're a killer
gloss: A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A club used for killing fish.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Synonym of virama (“kind of diacritical mark”).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In the course of its adaptation to non-Indo-Aryan languages, the Burmese script has acquired some features that distinguish it from other Indic scripts. The killer, or virama, participates in some common constructions that would be clumsy to handle the way they would be in the other Indic scripts, so the control function of the virama is separated from the diacritic function of the killer. The virama, 0F4D is used to form conjunct consonants, while the killer, 0F52, is a simple diacritic and has no effect on character shaping. The killer is also combined with the VOWEL SIGN O (0F4B) to form the low level tone vowel “o.” When used this way, this symbol is known as hyei hto, or “thrust forward.”
For example, although the ‘vowel killer’ diacritic may be called a ‘pulli’ in Tamil, it is still referred to by the Unicode character names as a ‘virama’.
Thai words that have been borrowed from Sanskrit, Pali and English usually try to retain as much of the original spelling as possible; as this will often produce pronunciations that are impossible or misleading, a ‘killer’ symbol is placed above the redundant consonant to indicate that it may be ignored
Sometimes the ‘killer’ sign, called kaaran in Thai, cancels out not only the consonant above which it appears, but also the one immediately preceding it.
gloss: Excellent, very good, cool.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: killer feature
killer view
It all says that Elephant's Memory is a killer band.
This is followed by a recipe for that very killer dish: "Eat and remember this, the greediest of all Popes" is their merry exhortation.
“Ahhh, Avery,” shouted the Yurtmeister after a full hour of intense volleyball. “That last serve was absolutely killer.”
However, there is something very killer about drinking whatever battery acid and paint thinner concoction it is that they make malt liquor out of, in broad daylight, slumped down on the pavement
That girl was dynamite. Dark hair with killer blue eyes, bronze skin, and an exquisite full-figured body.
gloss: Causing death, destruction, or obliteration.
pos: adj
examples: killer bee
killer robot
gloss: Distressing, uncomfortable.
pos: adj
examples: I had a killer headache this morning.
Synonyms: homicide
homicider
killer
Antonyms: healer
life giver
Related words: fighter
mercenary
soldier
terrorist
warrior
kill
killing
criminal
anusvara
candrabindu
sukun
visarga
Derived words: baby-killer
boner-killer
category killer
Christ-killer
cicada killer
city killer
coach killer
color killer
colour killer
contract killer
cop killer
cop-killer
cowboy killer
cow killer
craic killer
deal killer
desk killer
doctor killer
false killer whale
fly killer
fool killer
giant-killer
giantkiller
godkiller
honour killer
honor killer
hunter-killer
joy killer
killer application
killerball
killer bee
killer diller
killeress
killer game
killer green bud
killer instinct
killerish
killer language
killer litter
killerly
killer poke
killership
killer sudoku
killer T cell
ladykiller
lady-killer
lady killer
mankiller
man-killer
mercy killer
mosskiller
mule killer
natural killer
natural killer cell
nigger killer
nigger-killer
nine-killer
nonkiller
pain killer
painkiller
passion killer
prawn killer
roach killer
salmon killer
self-killer
serial killer
serial killer glasses
serial killer van
serial-killer van
shipkiller
silent killer
snake-killer
spam killer
spree killer
tank killer
tarantula killer
thrill-killer
thrill killer
time killer
time-killer
USB killer
vowel killer
weedkiller
killer app
killer cancel
killer whale
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: vrasës
lang: Albanian
word: vrasëse
lang: Southern Altai
word: ӧлтӱречи
roman: öltüreči
lang: Amharic
word: ገዳይ
roman: gäday
lang: Arabic
word: قَاتِل
roman: qātil
lang: Arabic
word: قَاتِلَة
roman: qātila
lang: Algerian Arabic
word: قاتل
roman: qatel
lang: Arabic
word: قاتل
roman: gātil
lang: Armenian
word: մարդասպան
roman: mardaspan
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qatil
lang: Basque
word: hiltzaile
lang: Belarusian
word: забо́йца
roman: zabójca
lang: Bengali
word: খুনী
roman: khuni
lang: Bengali
word: কাতেল
roman: katel
lang: Breton
word: lazher
lang: Bulgarian
word: уби́ец
roman: ubíec
lang: Bulgarian
word: уби́йца
roman: ubíjca
lang: Catalan
word: assassí
lang: Catalan
word: matador
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᏓᎯᎯ
roman: adahihi
lang: Chichewa
word: mpha
lang: Chichewa
word: wakupha
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 殺手 /杀手
roman: saat³ sau²
lang: Chinese
word: 殺手 /杀手
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 殺手 /杀手
roman: shāshǒu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 兇手 /凶手
roman: xiōngshǒu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 殺人犯 /杀人犯
roman: shārénfàn
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 殺手 /杀手
roman: ⁷saq-seu
lang: Choctaw
word: abi
lang: Czech
word: vrah
lang: Czech
word: vražedkyně
lang: Danish
word: morder
lang: Danish
word: drabsmand
lang: Danish
word: banemand
lang: Dutch
word: doder
lang: Esperanto
word: murdisto
lang: Esperanto
word: murdistino
lang: Esperanto
word: murdinto
lang: Esperanto
word: murdintino
lang: Esperanto
word: mortigisto
lang: Esperanto
word: mortigistino
lang: Estonian
word: tapja
lang: Finnish
word: tappaja
lang: French
word: tueur
lang: French
word: tueuse
lang: French
word: assassin
lang: French
word: assassine
lang: French
word: meurtrier
lang: French
word: meurtrière
lang: Georgian
word: მკვლელი
roman: mḳvleli
lang: German
word: Töter
lang: German
word: Töterin
lang: German
word: Totschläger
lang: German
word: Totschlägerin
lang: Greek
word: φονιάς
roman: foniás
lang: Greek
word: φόνισσα
roman: fónissa
lang: Greek
word: δολοφόνος
roman: dolofónos
lang: Greek
word: δολοφόνισσα
roman: dolofónissa
lang: Hebrew
word: רוֹצֵחַ \ רוצח
roman: rotséakh
lang: Hindi
word: हत्यारा
roman: hatyārā
lang: Hindi
word: ख़ूनी
roman: xūnī
lang: Hindi
word: क़ातिल
roman: qātil
lang: Hungarian
word: gyilkos
lang: Icelandic
word: morðingi
lang: Indonesian
word: pembunuh
lang: Ingrian
word: mukistaja
lang: Ingrian
word: tappaja
lang: Irish
word: marfóir
lang: Italian
word: assassino
lang: Italian
word: assassina
lang: Italian
word: uccisore
lang: Italian
word: uccisora
lang: Italian
word: ucciditrice
lang: Japanese
word: 殺人者
roman: satsujinsha
lang: Japanese
word: キラー
roman: kirā
lang: Japanese
word: 人殺し
roman: hitogoroshi
lang: Kabwa
word: omwiti class 1
lang: Kazakh
word: қанішер
roman: qanışer
lang: Kazakh
word: қаныпезер
roman: qanypezer
lang: Kazakh
word: өлтіруші
roman: öltıruşı
lang: Khmer
word: ឃាតករ
roman: khiət kɑɑ
lang: Khmer
word: អ្នកសម្លាប់
roman: nĕək sɑmlap
lang: Korean
word: 살인자
roman: sarinja
lang: Central Kurdish
word: کوژەر
roman: kujer
lang: Central Kurdish
word: بکوژ
roman: bikuj
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: kujer
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: bikuj
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: qatil
lang: Kyrgyz
word: өлтүргүч
roman: öltürgüc
lang: Kyrgyz
word: өлтүрүүчү
roman: öltürüücü
lang: Latgalian
word: slapkauņs
lang: Latin
word: homicīda
lang: Latin
word: occīsor
lang: Latin
word: interfector
lang: Latin
word: necātor
lang: Latvian
word: slepkava
lang: Lithuanian
word: žmogžudys
lang: Lithuanian
word: žmogžudė
lang: Lithuanian
word: žudikas
lang: Macedonian
word: убиец
roman: ubiec
lang: Malay
word: pembunuh
lang: Maltese
word: qattiel
lang: Mongolian
word: алуурчин
roman: aluurčin
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠷᠴᠢᠨ
roman: alaɣurčin
lang: Norman
word: tueux
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: morder
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: drapsmann
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: drapsmann
lang: Church Slavic
word: оубиица
roman: ubiica
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: забивач
roman: zabivač
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: убийца
roman: ubijca
lang: Pashto
word: قاتل
roman: qātél
lang: Pashto
word: خوني
roman: xuní
lang: Dari
word: قَاتِل
roman: qātil
lang: Dari
word: کُشَنْدَه
roman: kušanda
lang: Dari
word: کُشِنْدَه
roman: kušinda
lang: Dari
word: آدَمْکُش
roman: ādamkuš
lang: Iranian Persian
word: قاتِل
roman: ġâtel
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کُشَنْدِه
roman: košande
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کُشِنْدِه
roman: košende
lang: Iranian Persian
word: آدَمْکُش
roman: âdamkoš
lang: Polish
word: zabójca
lang: Polish
word: zabójczyni
lang: Polish
word: morderca
lang: Polish
word: morderczyni
lang: Portuguese
word: assassino
lang: Portuguese
word: assassina
lang: Portuguese
word: homicida
lang: Romanian
word: ucigaș
lang: Romanian
word: ucigașă
lang: Romanian
word: asasin
lang: Romanian
word: asasină
lang: Russian
word: уби́йца
roman: ubíjca
lang: Russian
word: ки́ллер
roman: kíller
lang: Sanskrit
word: घातक
roman: ghātaka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: у̀бица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: у̀бојица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ùbica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ùbojica
lang: Slovak
word: vrah
lang: Slovak
word: vrahyňa
lang: Slovene
word: morilec
lang: Slovene
word: morilka
lang: Spanish
word: asesino
lang: Spanish
word: asesina
lang: Spanish
word: matador
lang: Spanish
word: victimario
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: kiriman
lang: Swahili
word: mwuaji
lang: Swedish
word: mördare
lang: Swedish
word: baneman
lang: Tajik
word: қотил
roman: qotil
lang: Tajik
word: кушанда
roman: kušanda
lang: Tajik
word: одамкуш
roman: odamkuš
lang: Thai
word: ฆาตกร
roman: kâat-dtà-gɔɔn
lang: Tigrinya
word: ቀታላይ
roman: ḳätalay
lang: Tocharian B
word: kauṣenta
lang: Turkish
word: katil
lang: Turkmen
word: ganhor
lang: Ukrainian
word: уби́вця
roman: ubývcja
lang: Ukrainian
word: вби́вця
roman: vbývcja
lang: Urdu
word: قاتِل
roman: qātil
lang: Urdu
word: کُشِنْدَہ
roman: kuśinda
lang: Urdu
word: خُونی
roman: xūnī
lang: Uyghur
word: قاتىل
roman: qatil
lang: Uzbek
word: qotil
lang: Vietnamese
word: kẻ giết người
lang: Vietnamese
word: người giết
lang: Woiwurrung
word: ngaut-ngaut
lang: Yiddish
word: מערדער
roman: merder
lang: Zazaki
word: kiştoğ
lang: Zazaki
word: kiştoğe