noun🔗ShareOne who or that which kills."Carbon monoxide is a silent killer."personinhumanactioncharacteressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThat which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task."That test was a killer."attitudeconditionachievementessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSomething that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition."Digital streaming platforms are CD killers."businessessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA knockout form of darts or pool involving several players."The school's dart club held a killer tournament this weekend. "sportgameentertainmentessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA club used for killing fish."The fisherman used his killer to stun the fish before catching them. "utensilfishweaponessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp."The killer handstamp on the envelope obscured most of the address. "stationerywritingmarkessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA diacritical mark used in Indic scripts to suppress an inherent vowel (e.g., the Hindi viram, the Bengali or Oriya hasanta) or render the entire syllable silent (e.g., the Burmese virama, the Khmer toandakhiat)."The killer in the Hindi word "स्वदेश" (svadeś) suppresses the inherent vowel sound, making it a word without a vowel ending. "languagelinguisticsphoneticswritinggrammarmarkwordessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareExcellent, very good, cool."killer feature"stylelanguageentertainmentessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCausing death, destruction, or obliteration."killer bee"disasterwarmilitaryactionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareDistressing, uncomfortable."I had a killer headache this morning."sensationmindemotionsufferingessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA sea mammal related to dolphins and porpoises (Orcinus orca)."The killer whales were spotted playing near the fishing boats. "animaloceanbiologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading