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gore | killing |

As a proper noun gore

is .

As a verb killing is

.

As an adjective killing is

that literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.

As a noun killing is

an instance of someone being killed.

gore

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(-)
  • Dirt, filth.
  • (Bishop Fisher)
  • (senseid)Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
  • Murder, bloodshed, violence.
  • Derived terms
    *

    Etymology 2

    Probably from .

    Verb

    (gor)
  • (of an animal) To pierce with the horns.
  • The bull gored the matador.

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
  • (Cowell)
  • A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail, skirt, hot-air balloon, etc.
  • *
  • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores : not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  • An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
  • A projecting point.
  • (heraldry) One of the abatements, made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.
  • Verb

    (gor)
  • To cut in a triangular form.
  • To provide with a gore.
  • to gore an apron

    killing

    Verb

    (head)
  • This work is killing me.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
  • Devastatingly attractive.
  • That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
  • * 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 471:
  • Livia found her ‘killing ’, and derived such amusement from her Martinique French that he was forced to enjoy her as well.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an instance of someone being killed
  • (informal) A large amount of money.
  • He made a killing on the stock market.

    Derived terms

    * honour killing / honor killing * killingly * make a killing * nonkilling * targeted killing * thrill killing