killing

1. killing (adj) — sense 1

Definition: That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.

2. killing (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Devastatingly attractive.

Example: Should true Proportion ev'ry Mortal grace, / And Semetry be seen in ev'ry Face: / Beauty no longer would be thought divine, / Nor would its Charms with half the Lustre shine: / No courtly Dame a killing Look could boast, / If once the Foils of Homeliness were lost.

3. killing (adj) — sense 3

Definition: That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.

Example: Livia found her ‘killing’, and derived such amusement from her Martinique French that he was forced to enjoy her as well.

4. killing (noun) — sense 4

Definition: The act of killing.

Example: In fact, Tarzan had never killed for “pleasure,” nor to him was there pleasure in killing.

5. killing (noun) — sense 5

Definition: An instance of someone being killed.

Example: The outrage over the brutal killings of peaceful demonstrators in Lhasa in March 1989 quickly faded after the massacres in Beijing in June.

6. killing (noun) — sense 6

Definition: A large amount of money.

Example: He made a killing on the stock market.