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English
Etymology
From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill + -ing.
Pronunciation
Verb
killing
- present participle and gerund of kill
Adjective
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.
- That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 471:Livia found her ‘killing’, and derived such amusement from her Martinique French that he was forced to enjoy her as well.
Derived terms
Terms derived from killing (adjective)
Translations
Noun
killing (countable and uncountable, plural killings)
- An instance of someone being killed.
- (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: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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instance of someone being killed
- Arabic: قَتْل (ar) m (qatl)
- Algerian Arabic: قتل (qetl)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 殺/杀 (zh) (shā)
- Choctaw: abi
- Danish: drab (da) n
- Esperanto: mortigo
- Finnish: tappaminen (fi)
- French: meurtre (fr) m
- Georgian: მკვლელობა (mḳvleloba)
- German: Töten (de) n, Erlegen (de) n (hunters' jargon)
- Italian: uccisione (it) f, omicidio (it) m, assassinio (it) m
- Japanese: 殺すこと (ja) (ころすこと, korosu koto)
- Latin: nex (la) f, interfectiō f, mactatio f, mortificatio f, caesum n, exanimatio f, letum (la) n
- Macedonian: убиство n (ubistvo)
- Ojibwe: nitaagewin
- Old English: mansliht m, sleġe m
- Portuguese: assassinato (pt) m
- Russian: уби́йство (ru) n (ubíjstvo), убо́й (ru) m (ubój) (animals), умерщвле́ние (ru) n (umerščvlénije), убие́ние (ru) n (ubijénije), лише́ние жи́зни n (lišénije žízni)
- Sanskrit: घात (sa) m (ghāta)
- Spanish: asesinato (es) m
- Telugu: చంపుట (te) (campuṭa)
- Tocharian B: kāwälñe
- Turkish: katledilme, öldürülme (tr)
- Walloon: touwaedje (wa) m, moude (wa) m (criminal)
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse ketlingr, diminutive form of ketta (“cat”). Cognate with Swedish källing.
Pronunciation
Noun
killing c (singular definite killingen, plural indefinite killinger)
- kitten (young cat)
- leveret (young hare)
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse kiðlingr.
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Noun
killing m (definite singular killingen, indefinite plural killinger, definite plural killingene)
- a goatling
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse kiðlingr.
Noun
killing m (definite singular killingen, indefinite plural killingar, definite plural killingane)
- a goatling
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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish kiþlinger, from Old Norse kiðlingr, corresponding to kid (now fawn, before all baby animals) + -ling (diminutive suffix).
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Noun
killing c
- a kid (young goat)
Declension
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