/ Dictionary / Index K killing: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: kill•ing Pronunciation: (kil'ing), [key] — n. the act of a person or thing that kills. the total game killed on a hunt. a quick and unusually large profit or financial gain: a killing in the stock market. —adj. that kills. exhausting: a killing pace. irresistibly funny. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: killing (Thesaurus) killifish killing frost Related Content Daily Word Quiz: arboreal Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language