KILLING


Meaning of KILLING in English

n. & adj.

--n.

1. a the causing of death. b an instance of this.

2 a great (esp. financial) success (make a killing).

--adj. colloq.

1. overwhelmingly funny.

2 exhausting; very strenuous.

Phrases and idioms:

killing-bottle a bottle containing poisonous vapour to kill insects collected as specimens.

Derivatives:

killingly adv.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.