killer
/ˈkɪlɚ/ noun A2- One who or that which kills. · There’s a killer on the loose.· My cat is a habitual bird killer.
- 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.
- Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition. · Digital streaming platforms are CD killers.
- The killer whale.
- A remarkably impressive person or thing.
- A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
- A club used for killing fish.
- A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.
Plural killers
From the library
“They take orders from the Head of the Pack, and not from any striped cattle-killer.
He shall live to run with the Pack and to hunt with the Pack; and in the end, look you, hunter of little naked cubs--frog-eater--fish-killer--he shall hunt thee!
“This cattle-killer said he would kill me in the Council because he had not killed me when I was a cub.
“Do you think a snake-killer kills muskrats?” said Rikki-tikki scornfully.
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