killer
English
/ˈkɪlə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɪlɚ/
noun
Definitions
- One who or that which kills.
- (figuratively) That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.
- (figuratively) Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.
- (sports) A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
- A club used for killing fish.
- (philately) A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.
- A diacritical 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).
Etymology
Affix from English kill.
Origin
English
kill
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autokill English
- buzzkill English
- fishkill English
- giant English
- giantkiller English
- god English
- godkiller English
- homekill English
- instakill English
- kill English
- kill off English
- kill stealer English
- kill-courtesy English
- kill-devil English
- kill-priest English
- kill-the-beggar English
- kill-time English
- killability English
- killable English
- killbit English
- killboard English
- killbot English
- killbuck English
- killcalf English
- killcow English
- killcrop English
- killeress English
- killerly English
- killership English
- killest English
- killeth English
- killfilter English
- killing English
- killjoy English
- killographic English
- killology English
- killshot English
- killstreak English
- killworthy English
- lambkill English
- man English
- man-killer English
- mankiller English
- moss English
- mosskiller English
- nonkiller English
- outkill English
- overkill English
- pain English
- painkiller English
- permakill English
- rekill English
- roadkill English
- seckill English
- self-kill English
- self-killer English
- ship English
- shipkiller English
- spawnkill English
- teamkill English
- underkill English
- unkill English
- weed English
- weedkiller English
- winterkill English
- Killer German
- Killerin German
- killen German
- killer Italian
- killeraggio Italian
- killerare Italian
- киллер Russian
- キラー Japanese
- キル Japanese
- killen Middle English
- man-killer Middle English
- kilim Tok Pisin
- kilman Tok Pisin
- kiri Sranan Tongo
- kilim Pijin
- kilim Kriol
- man
- god
- kill
- weed
- moss
- pain
- ship
- giant
- rekill
- unkill
- seckill
- killcow
- killeth
- killbot
- killbit
- killjoy
- outkill
- killing
- killest
- killerly
- homekill
- teamkill
- buzzkill
- autokill
- killcalf
- killbuck
- fishkill
- overkill
- kill off
- roadkill
- killshot
- lambkill
- killcrop
- killable
- mankiller
- killology
- self-kill
- killeress
- permakill
- killboard
- instakill
- nonkiller
- spawnkill
- godkiller
- underkill
- kill-time
- winterkill
- man-killer
- killership
- shipkiller
- mosskiller
- killworthy
- painkiller
- killfilter
- killstreak
- weedkiller
- kill-devil
- killability
- giantkiller
- kill-priest
- self-killer
- kill stealer
- killographic
- kill-courtesy
- kill-the-beggar