Sekirov Dictionary

killer

UK /ˈkɪlə/US /ˈkɪlɚ/

noun 9
adjective 3
forms 3
phrases 4

noun9

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someone or something that causes the death of a person or an animal
- There’s a killer on the loose.
- My cat is a habitual bird killer.
A club used for killing fish.
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(figurative) Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.
- Digital streaming platforms are CD killers.
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(figurative) That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.
- That test was a killer.
- The final hill in the race course was a killer.
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(figurative) A remarkably impressive person or thing.
- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency quakes with mirth at his own punch line. Grimaldi chuckles through his teeth. “A killer, Tom, an absolute killer.” — 2004
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The killer whale.
- 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). — 1866
A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.
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Synonym of virama (“kind of diacritical mark”).
- 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’. — 2002

adjective3

Causing death, destruction, or obliteration.
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(slang) Excellent, very good, cool.
- It all says that Elephant's Memory is a killer band. — 1985
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Distressing, uncomfortable.
- I had a killer headache this morning.

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