kill
English
/kɪl/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- (transitive) To render inoperative.
- (transitive) To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
- (transitive) To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.
- (transitive) To cause great pain, discomfort or distress to.
- (transitive) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
- (transitive) To use up or to waste.
- (transitive) To exert an overwhelming effect on.
- (transitive) To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.
- (transitive) To force a company out of business.
- (intransitive) To produce intense pain.
- (figuratively) To punish severely.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
- To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
- (mathematics) To cause to assume the value zero.
- (computing) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
- (metallurgy) To deadmelt.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English killen inherited from Old English *cyllan inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwuljaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (beat, break, strike, hew) inherited from Old English cwellan (kill, execute, murder) derived from Old Norse kolla (hit on the head, harm).
Origin
Old Norse
kolla
Gloss
hit on the head, harm
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antikilling English
- autokill English
- beggar English
- bit English
- board English
- buck English
- buzz English
- buzzkill English
- calf English
- counterkilling English
- courtesy English
- cow English
- crop English
- devil English
- filter English
- fish English
- fishkill English
- giantkiller English
- godkiller English
- home English
- homekill English
- instakill English
- joy English
- kill off English
- kill stealer English
- kill-courtesy English
- kill-devil English
- kill-priest English
- kill-the-beggar English
- kill-time English
- killability English
- killable English
- killbit English
- killboard English
- killbot English
- killbuck English
- killcalf English
- killcow English
- killcrop English
- killer English
- killeress English
- killerly English
- killership English
- killest English
- killeth English
- killfilter English
- killing English
- killingly English
- killjoy English
- killjoyism English
- killographic English
- killology English
- killshot English
- killstreak English
- killworthy English
- ladykilling English
- lamb English
- lambkill English
- man-killer English
- mankiller English
- mosskiller English
- nonkiller English
- nonkilling English
- off English
- outkill English
- overkill English
- painkiller English
- painkilling English
- permakill English
- photokilling English
- priest English
- rekill English
- road English
- roadkill English
- sec English
- seckill English
- self-kill English
- self-killer English
- self-killing English
- semikilling English
- shipkiller English
- shot English
- spawn English
- spawnkill English
- stealer English
- streak English
- team English
- teamkill English
- the English
- time English
- underkill English
- unkill English
- unkillable English
- weedkiller English
- weedkilling English
- winter English
- winterkill English
- clava Latin
- clāva Latin
- percello Latin
- Killer German
- Overkill German
- killer Italian
- киллер Russian
- κλάω Ancient Greek
- κόλαφος Ancient Greek
- σκῶλος Ancient Greek
- *kelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *kwaljaną Proto-Germanic
- *kwuljaną Proto-Germanic
- キラー Japanese
- キル Japanese
- *cyllan Old English
- cwellan Old English
- killen Middle English
- quellen Middle English
- Cillian Irish
- hlunnr Old Norse
- kolla Old Norse
- kollr Old Norse
- *kòlti Proto-Slavic
- kollur Icelandic
- æðikollur Icelandic
- کلنگ Persian
- *kwalljan gmw-pro
- *kel-to Proto-Celtic
- *kladiwos Proto-Celtic
- kilim Tok Pisin
- kilman Tok Pisin
- kiri Sranan Tongo
- kilim Pijin
- kilim Kriol
- bit
- the
- off
- sec
- cow
- joy
- shot
- lamb
- buzz
- home
- calf
- crop
- team
- road
- time
- fish
- buck
- spawn
- devil
- board
- killer
- rekill
- winter
- filter
- priest
- beggar
- streak
- unkill
- seckill
- killcow
- killeth
- killbot
- killbit
- killjoy
- stealer
- outkill
- killing
- killest
- killerly
- homekill
- teamkill
- buzzkill
- autokill
- killcalf
- killbuck
- fishkill
- overkill
- kill off
- courtesy
- roadkill
- killshot
- lambkill
- killcrop
- killable
- mankiller
- killingly
- killology
- self-kill
- killeress
- permakill
- killboard
- instakill
- nonkiller
- spawnkill
- godkiller
- underkill
- kill-time
- winterkill
- man-killer
- killership
- unkillable
- shipkiller
- killjoyism
- mosskiller
- killworthy
- painkiller
- killfilter
- killstreak
- weedkiller
- nonkilling
- kill-devil
- killability
- ladykilling
- semikilling
- giantkiller
- antikilling
- painkilling
- kill-priest
- self-killer
- weedkilling
- kill stealer
- killographic
- self-killing
- photokilling
- kill-courtesy
- counterkilling
- kill-the-beggar