killer

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who or that which kills.

   • There’s a killer on the loose.
   • My cat is a habitual bird killer.
   • Carbon monoxide is a silent killer.
2. 2

   That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause…

   That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.

   • That test was a killer.
   • The final hill in the race course was a killer.
3. 3

   Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that…

   Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.

   • Digital streaming platforms are CD killers.
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   1. 4

      A remarkably impressive person or thing.

      • Picture perfect, you don't need no filter / Gorgeous, make 'em drop dead, you're a killer
   2. 5

      A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.

   3. 6

      Ellipsis of killer whale.

      • There is, however, one species of whale that habitually preys upon other warm-blooded animals—the killer whale. Really a large dolphin, the killer was classified by Linnaeus as Orcinus orca, and by Cope as Grampus rectipinna.
   4. 7

      A club used for killing fish.

   5. 8

      A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part…

      A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.

   6. 9

      Synonym of virama (“kind of diacritical mark”).

      • For example, although the ‘vowel killer’ diacritic may be called a ‘pulli’ in Tamil, it is still referred to by the Unicode character names as a ‘virama’.
   7. 10

      Excellent, very good, cool.

      • killer feature
      • killer view
      • It all says that Elephant's Memory is a killer band.
   8. 11

      Causing death, destruction, or obliteration.

      • killer bee
      • killer robot
   9. 12

      Distressing, uncomfortable.

      • I had a killer headache this morning.

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