Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)One who or that which kills.

    There’s a killer on the loose.

    My cat is a habitual bird killer.

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)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. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.

    Digital streaming platforms are CD killers.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The killer whale.

  5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A remarkably impressive person or thing.

    Töter, Töterin, Totschläger

    уби́йцаubíjca, ки́ллерkíller

    уби́вцяubývcja, вби́вцяvbývcja

  6. (uncountable)A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A club used for killing fish.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.

  9. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of virama (“kind of diacritical mark”).

More definitions
  • a difficulty that is hard to deal with
  • someone who causes the death of a person or animal
  • predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
  • the causal agent resulting in death

Examples

320 sentences
  1. Tom knew who the killer was.

    Том знав, хто був вбивцею.

    ruТом знал, кто убийца.

    deTom wusste, wer der Mörder war.

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  2. I don't believe Tom is the killer.

    Повірити не можу, що вбивця — Том.

    ruЯ не верю, что убийца - Том.

    deIch glaube nicht, dass Tom der Mörder ist.

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  3. I don't think Tom is the killer.

    Не думаю, що вбивця — Том.

    ruНе думаю, что убийца - Том.

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  4. I don't think Tom is a killer.

    Не думаю, що Том убивця.

    ruНе думаю, что Том убийца.

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  5. I don't think that Tom is the killer.

    Не думаю, що вбивця — Том.

    ruНе думаю, что убийца - Том.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
murderer, person who kills:
Русский
By meaning 1
murderer, person who kills:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
murderer, person who kills:

Origin

From Middle English killer, kyller. By surface analysis, kill + -er.

From Middle English killer, kyller. By surface analysis, kill + -er.

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Forms

plural: killers
Singularkiller
Pluralkillers

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
healerlife giver

Word family

74 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • a serial killer
  • serial killer
  • is the killer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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