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Definition of Killing
1. Adjective. Very funny. "Sidesplitting antics"
2. Noun. An event that causes someone to die.
3. Noun. The act of terminating a life.
Generic synonyms: Conclusion, Ending, Termination
Specialized synonyms: Coup De Grace, Deathblow, Death, Euthanasia, Mercy Killing, Homicide, Despatch, Dispatch, Fell, Self-annihilation, Self-destruction, Suicide, Slaughter, Poisoning, Asphyxiation, Suffocation, Ritual Killing, Sacrifice, Electrocution, Beheading, Decapitation, Genocide, Race Murder, Racial Extermination
Derivative terms: Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill
4. Noun. A very large profit.
Language type: Colloquialism
Generic synonyms: Earnings, Lucre, Net, Net Income, Net Profit, Profit, Profits
Derivative terms: Clean Up
Definition of Killing
1. a. Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible.
Definition of Killing
1. Verb. (present participle of kill) ¹
2. Adjective. That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal. ¹
3. Adjective. Devastatingly attractive. ¹
4. Adjective. That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny. ¹
5. Noun. (informal) A large amount of money. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Killing
1. a sudden notable success [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Killing
Literary usage of Killing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"der for each killing, and, on trial upon one indictment, was acquitted, the
allegation in hie plea of former acquittal to another of the indictments "that ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"30 (Hares killing Act); and the 40 & 41 Viet. c. 28. The last is to some extent
a departure from the general policy of the game laws, being an attempt to ..."
3. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals: A by Gilbert Charles Bourne, Arthur Bolles Lee (1900)
"killing. 10. IN the majority of cases, the first step in the preparation of an
organ or ... In these cases special methods of killing must be resorted to. ..."
4. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"Section 3d of the act passed in 1798 runs thus : Í Whereas by another Act of the
Assembly, passed in 1774, the killing of a slave, however wanton, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1891)
"The results described in the present paper were arrived at by the author while
trying to discover the nature of the substance to which the bacteria-killing ..."
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