killer

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1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Someone or something that kills.

   The police are still looking for the killer.

   We found out that a fox was the killer of our chickens.

   Similarmurderer

2. 2
   adjective

   That causes death or destroys things completely.

   The town was hit by a killer heat wave last summer.

   Doctors are racing to stop a killer disease before it spreads.

   Similardeadly, lethal

   Oppositeharmless

3. 3
   adjectiveslang

   Really great or very cool.

   That song has a killer guitar part.

   We had killer tacos from the food truck last night.

   Similarawesome, cool, excellent, brilliant, dope

   Oppositelousy, lame, awful

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4. 4
   nounfigurativelycountable or uncountable

   A person or thing that is really amazing.

   Her new dance video is a killer, and everyone at school has watched it.

   My grandma's apple pie is a killer, so save room for dessert.

   Similarstandout, showstopper

   Oppositedud

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5. 5
   nounfigurativelycountable or uncountable

   Something very hard or stressful, especially something that could make you fail.

   Carrying all those boxes up five floors was a killer.

   This week at work has been a killer.

   Similarnightmare, bear

   Oppositebreeze, cinch

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6. 6
   nouncountable or uncountableabbreviationellipsis

   Short for killer whale. People use it when they are already talking about whales.

   On our whale-watching trip we saw a killer jump right out of the water.

   The nature film showed a killer and her baby swimming with the rest of their whale family.

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7. 7
   nounfigurativelycountable or uncountable

   Something so much better than others of its kind that they can no longer compete.

   The free map app turned out to be a paper-map killer, and stores stopped selling road maps.

   When the cheap email service arrived, it was a killer, and the paid ones lost most of their users.

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8. 8
   adjective

   Making you feel upset or uncomfortable.

   I have a killer headache, so please turn the music down.

   Six hours in that hard plane seat left him with a killer backache.

   Similarbrutal, terrible, awful

   Oppositemild

9. 9
   noununcountable

   A darts or pool game for a group, where players are put out until only one is left.

   We played killer at the dartboard until only my sister was left.

   Killer is a fun pool game when lots of friends want to play.

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10. 10
    nouncountable or uncountable

    A thick stick used to kill fish after they are caught.

    Dad keeps a wooden killer in his fishing box.

    She hit the fish once with the killer so it would not suffer.

11. 11
    nouncountable or uncountable

    A heavy mark, or part of one, stamped by hand on mail that often covers a big part of the stamp.

    A thick black killer covered most of the old stamp.

    The collector wanted a stamp with a light mark, not a heavy killer.

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12. 12
    nouncountable or uncountable

    Another name for a virama, a small mark in some Asian writing systems that stops a sound from being said.

    In Thai, a killer above a letter tells you not to say that letter.

    The program could not show the killer, so the word looked wrong on the screen.

    Similarvirama

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