Meaning of kill in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• The act of killing.

  Example: The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.

• Specifically, the death blow.

  Example: The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head.

• The result of killing; that which has been killed.

  Example: The fox dragged its kill back to its den.

• The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.

verb

• To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

  Example: Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined.

• To render inoperative.

  Example: He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.

• To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.

  Example: My computer wouldn't respond until I killed some of the running processes.

• To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.

  Example: That joke always kills me.

• To cause great pain, discomfort or distress to.

  Example: These tight shoes are killing my feet.

• To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.

  Example: It kills me to learn how many poor people are practically starving in this country while rich moguls spend such outrageous amounts on useless luxuries.

• To use up or to waste.

  Example: He told the bartender, pointing at the bottle of scotch he planned to consume, "Leave it, I'm going to kill the bottle."

• To exert an overwhelming effect on.

  Example: Between the two of us, we killed the rest of the case of beer.

• To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.

  Example: The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.

• To force a company out of business.

• To produce intense pain.

  Example: You don't ever want to get rabies. The doctor will have to give you multiple shots and they really kill.

• To punish severely.

  Example: My parents are going to kill me!

• To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.

• To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.

• To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.

• To cause to assume the value zero.

• (IRC) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.

• To deadmelt.

noun

• (north-east US) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.

  Example: Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.

noun

• A kiln.