killing
See also: Killing
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill + -ing.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
killing
AdjectiveEdit
killing (comparative more killing, superlative most killing)
- That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
- (dated) Devastatingly attractive.
- 1756, Edward Ward, A Compleat and Humorous Account of All the Remarkable Clubs and Societies in the Cities of London and Westminster (page 134)
- Should true Proportion ev'ry Mortal grace, / And Semetry be seen in ev'ry Face: / Beauty no longer would be thought divine, / Nor would its Charms with half the Lustre shine: / No courtly Dame a killing Look could boast, / If once the Foils of Homeliness were lost.
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 5, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, OCLC 3174108:
- He sprang to open the door for the ladies, when they retired, with the most killing grace […]
- 1756, Edward Ward, A Compleat and Humorous Account of All the Remarkable Clubs and Societies in the Cities of London and Westminster (page 134)
- That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 471:
- Livia found her ‘killing’, and derived such amusement from her Martinique French that he was forced to enjoy her as well.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 471:
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from killing (adjective)
TranslationsEdit
lethal, deadly, fatal
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very funny
NounEdit
killing (countable and uncountable, plural killings)
- An instance of someone being killed.
- 1992, Nixon, Richard, “The Pacific Triangle”, in Seize the Moment[1], Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, LCCN 91-37743, OCLC 440652941, page 180:
- The outrage over the brutal killings of peaceful demonstrators in Lhasa in March 1989 quickly faded after the massacres in Beijing in June.
- (informal, usually as make a killing) A large amount of money.
- He made a killing on the stock market.
- 1916, Melville Davisson Post, “The Man Hunters”, in The Saturday Evening Post[2]:
- The result is, in the end, the superintendent agrees to hold up another race, and the victim arranges to obtain all the money he can get in order to bet it on a sure thing. When the great "killing" is made, and the stripped victim goes back to consult with the superintendent […]
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from killing (noun)
TranslationsEdit
instance of someone being killed
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large amount of money
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DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse ketlingr, diminutive form of ketta (“cat”). Cognate with Swedish källing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
killing c (singular definite killingen, plural indefinite killinger)
InflectionEdit
Declension of killing
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | killing | killingen | killinger | killingerne |
genitive | killings | killingens | killingers | killingernes |
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
killing m (definite singular killingen, indefinite plural killinger, definite plural killingene)
- a goatling
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “killing” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
killing m (definite singular killingen, indefinite plural killingar, definite plural killingane)
- a goatling
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “killing” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish kiþlinger, from Old Norse kiðlingr, corresponding to kid (now fawn, before all baby animals) + -ling (diminutive suffix).
NounEdit
killing c
- a kid (young goat)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of killing | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | killing | killingen | killingar | killingarna |
Genitive | killings | killingens | killingars | killingarnas |