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killing

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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killing (comparative more killing, superlative most killing)

  1. That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
  2. (dated, idiomatic) 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:
      He sprang to open the door for the ladies, when they retired, with the most killing grace []
  3. (informal, idiomatic) 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.

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Noun

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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 []

Verb

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killing

  1. present participle and gerund of kill

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ketlingr, diminutive form of ketta (cat). Cognate with Swedish källing.

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Noun

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killing c (singular definite killingen, plural indefinite killinger)

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

Declension

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kiðlingr.

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Noun

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

  1. a goatling

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kiðlingr.

Noun

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

  1. a goatling

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Swedish

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Etymology

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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

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killing c

  1. a kid (young goat)

Declension

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Declension of killing
nominative genitive
singular indefinite killing killings
definite killingen killingens
plural indefinite killingar killingars
definite killingarna killingarnas

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