From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill + -ing.

• IPA: /ˈkɪl.ɪŋ/

1. Present participle and gerund of kill

killing

1. That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
2. (dated) Devastatingly attractive.
   • 1756, Edward Ward, A Compleat and Humorous Account of All the Remarkable Clubs and Societies in the Cities of London and Westminster, page 134:

     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.

   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 5, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC ↗:

     He sprang to open the door for the ladies, when they retired, with the most killing grace […]

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

• Italian: mortale
• Portuguese: mortal
• Russian: уби́йственный
• Spanish: mortal

• Portuguese: de matar

killing

1. An instance of someone being killed.
2. (informal, usually, as make a killing) A large amount of money.

   He made a killing on the stock market.

• French: meurtre
• German: Töten, Erlegen (hunters' jargon)
• Italian: uccisione, omicidio, assassinio
• Portuguese: assassinato
• Russian: уби́йство
• Spanish: asesinato

• German: Reibach

1. Surname.