(obsolete) Alternative form of killcow

(obsolete) Alternative form of kill-devil

Very well groomed; / Extremely angry. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fit, kill.

Extremely; lavishly. / In a manner full of anger or malevolence.

(nautical) On a small boat, a safety device consisting of a cord attached to the helmsman's leg or arm and linked to an engine cut-out switch, such that the switch is triggered and the boat's engine automatically stopped ("killed") if the helmsman is thrown from his seat.

plural of kill cord

(journalism) The reduced fee paid to a writer whose commissioned work does not get published.

plural of kill fee

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kill the messenger

(transitive) To pacify somebody by remaining goodhearted.