killing (redirected from making a killing)

kill·ing  (klng)

n.

1. Murder; homicide.

2. A kill; a quarry.

3. A sudden large profit: made a killing on the stock market.

adj.

1. Intended or apt to kill; fatal.

2. Thoroughly exhausting: a killing pace.

3. Informal Hilarious.

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killing·ly adv.

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killing

Adjective

1. Informal very tiring: a killing pace

2. Informal extremely funny

3. causing death; fatal

Noun

1. the act of causing death; slaying

2. make a killing Informal to have a sudden financial success

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Killing

See also death.

acaricide

a substance or preparation for killing mites or ticks.

Aceldama

a place of bloodshed, so called after the field purchased by Judas with the bribe he received for betraying Christ.

amicicide

Rare. 1. the murder of one friend by another.
2. the killer of a friend.

androphonomania

a homicidal mania.

avicide

the killing of birds.

bactericide

a substance for killing bacteria.

decollation

the act of decapitation; beheading or being beheaded. — decoilator, n.

defenestration

the act of hurling from a window, especially people.

euthanasia

1. the act of putting to death without pain a person incurably ill or suffering great pain; mercy killing.
2. an easy, painless death. — euthanasic, adj.

felo-de-se

1. the act of suicide.
2. a person who commits suicide.

fratricide

1. the killing of one’s brother.
2. a person who has killed his brother. — fratricidal, adj.

fungicide

a substance that kills fungi or retards the growth of spores.

genocide

the killing of an entire people or of a very large number of a people. — genocidal, adj.

germicide

any substance for killing germs, especially bacteria. — germicidal, adj.

giganticide

1. the killing of a giant.
2. a person who kills giants.

hecatomb

1. a sacrifice of one hundred oxen at one time, as in ancient Greece.
2. any slaughter on a large scale; a massacre.

herbicide

a substance for killing unwanted plant growth.

holocaust

1. a burnt offering or sacrifice.
2. large-scale destruction by fire or other violent means.

homicide

1. a general term for murder; the killing of another human being.
2. the murderer of another. — homicidal, adj.

homicidomania

a mania for murder.

immolation

the process of sacrificing, espeeially by flre. — immolator, n.

infanticide

1. the murder of infants.
2. a person who kills infants. — infanticidal, adj.

insecticide

a substance used for killing insects. — insecticidal, adj.

jugulation

the act of cutting a person’s throat. See also remedies.

lapidation

the process or act of pelting with stones, sometimes as a form of execution.

macropicide

the killing of kangaroos.

mactation

the act of killing something for the purpose of sacrifice.

mariticide

1. the killing of one’s husband.
2. a person who has killed her husband. — mariticidal, adj.

matricide

1. the killing of one’s mother.
2. a person who has killed his mother. — matricidal, adj.

microbicide

a substance that kills microbes.

miticide

a substance for killing mites. — miticidal, adj.

occision

Obsolete, a killing or an act of killing.

parricidism

1. the murder of a parent or close relative.
2. one who has killed a parent or close relative. — parricidal, adj.

patricide

1. the killing of one’s father.
2. a person who has killed his father. — patricidal, adj.

pesticide

any chemical substance used for killing pests, as insects, weeds, etc.

regicidism

the murder of a king. — regicide, n. — regicidal, adj.

rodenticide

a substance that kills rodents.

scaphism

a punishment in old Persia, in which criminals were imprisoned in a log or hollow tree. The head, arms, and legs of a victim were left exposed and smeared with honey to attract insects.

sororicide

1. the killing of one’s sister.
2. a person who has killed his sister. — sororicidal, adj.

spermicide

a substance or preparation used for killing sperm, used in contraception. — spermicidal, adj.

suicide

1. the killing of oneself.
2. one who has killed himself. — suicidal, adj.

suttee

1. the suicide of a Hindu widow by immolation on the funeral pyre of her husband.
2. a Hindu widow who died by suttee.

taeniacide, teniacide

an agent or preparation for killing tapeworms. — taeniacidal, teniacidal, adj.

tyrannicide

1. the killing of a tyrant.
2. the killer of a tyrant. — tyrannicidal, adj.

uxoricide

1. the killing of one’s wife.
2. a person who has killed his wife. — uxoricidal, adj.

vaticide

the killing of a prophet. — vaticidal, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	killing - an event that causes someone to die violent death fatality, human death - a death resulting from an accident or a disaster; "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities"
	2.	killing - the act of terminating a life         kill, putting to death ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" coup de grace, deathblow - the blow that kills (usually mercifully) death - the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience" euthanasia, mercy killing - the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) homicide - the killing of a human being by another human being despatch, dispatch - killing a person or animal fell - the act of felling something (as a tree) self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide - the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide" slaughter - the killing of animals (as for food) poisoning - the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill suffocation, asphyxiation - killing by depriving of oxygen ritual killing, sacrifice - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity electrocution - killing by electric shock beheading, decapitation - killing by cutting off the head genocide, race murder, racial extermination - systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
	3.	killing - a very large profit cleanup colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech net income, net profit, profit, profits, earnings, lucre, net - the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
Adj.	1.	killing - very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics" sidesplitting colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"

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killing

noun 1. murder, massacre, slaughter, execution, dispatch, manslaughter, elimination, slaying, homicide, bloodshed, carnage, fatality, liquidation, extermination, annihilation, eradication, butchery, necktie party (informal)

adjective 2. (Informal) tiring, hard, testing, taxing, difficult, draining, exhausting, punishing, crippling, fatiguing, gruelling, sapping, debilitating, strenuous, arduous, laborious, enervating, backbreaking

adjective 3. deadly, deathly, dangerous, fatal, destructive, lethal, mortal, murderous, death-dealing make a killing (Informal) profit, gain, clean up (informal) be lucky, be successful, make a fortune, strike it rich (informal) make a bomb (slang) rake it in (informal) had a windfall

Translations

killing [ˈkɪlɪŋ] n (one) → asesinato;

(several) → matanza;

(COMM): to make a killing → tener un gran éxito financiero

killing [ˈkɪlɪŋ] kill n → meurtre m;

(of group of people) → tuerie f, massacre m;

(inf);

to make a killing → se remplir les poches, réussir un beau coup adj (inf) → tordant(e)

killing [ˈkɪlɪŋ] kill n → Töten nt;

(instance) → Mord m;

to make a killing kill (inf) → einen Riesengewinn machen

killing [ˈkɪlɪŋ] n → assassinio (= massacre); strage f;

(col): to make a killing → fare un bel colpo