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killer
/ˈkɪlɚ/
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What does killer mean?
noun
- 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.
More meanings (9)
noun
- The killer whale.
- (figuratively) A remarkably impressive person or thing.
- A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
- A club used for killing fish.
- A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.
- Synonym of virama (“kind of diacritical mark”).
adjective
- (slang) Excellent, very good, cool.
- Causing death, destruction, or obliteration.
- Distressing, uncomfortable.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɪlɚ/
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It occurs when the female killer happens to be dramatical-minded that she will use a pistol.
Nevertheless, the grisly is only occasionally, not normally, a formidable predatory beast, a killer of cattle and of large game.
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“Why can’t you be sensible and settle your places quietly? You look as though you had been fighting with the Killer Whale.”
And in his heart, he knew that it would require but a tiny spark to turn his hatred for Canler into the blood lust of the killer.
Wordie, engaged in measuring the thickness of young ice, went through to his waist one day just as a killer rose to blow in the adjacent lead.