killing

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EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill +‎ -ing.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪl.ɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ

VerbEdit

killing

  1. present participle of kill

AdjectiveEdit

killing (comparative more killing, superlative most killing)

  1. That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
  2. (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 []
  3. 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.

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NounEdit

killing (countable and uncountable, plural killings)

  1. An instance of someone being killed.
  2. (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 []

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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)

  1. kitten (young cat)
  2. leveret (young hare)

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse kiðlingr.

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NounEdit

killing m (definite singular killingen, indefinite plural killinger, definite plural killingene)

  1. a goatling

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse kiðlingr.

NounEdit

killing m (definite singular killingen, indefinite plural killingar, definite plural killingane)

  1. a goatling

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Swedish kiþlinger, from Old Norse kiðlingr, corresponding to kid (now fawn, before all baby animals) +‎ -ling (diminutive suffix).

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NounEdit

killing c

  1. a kid (young goat)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of killing 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative killing killingen killingar killingarna
Genitive killings killingens killingars killingarnas

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