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1 ♦ killer
♦ killer /ˈkɪlə(r)/A n.1 uccisore; omicida; assassino2 sicario; killer4 cosa, malattia, ecc., che uccide; causa di morte: Measles used to be a big killer, il morbillo un tempo era spesso causa di morte6 (fam.) cosa o persona straordinaria; cannonata; schianto; fine del mondo; figata7 (fam.) barzelletta, battuta, ecc., assai divertente: This joke is really a killer, questa sì che è buona!10 (Austral.) bestia da macelloB a. attr.1 che uccide; mortale; letale; assassino: killer blow, colpo mortale; colpo che uccide; killer diseases, malattie mortali; killer smog, smog assassino2 ( slang, USA) favoloso; mitico; fichissimo (pop.): That was a killer party!, è stata una festa favolosa● (comput.) killer application (o app), killer app (applicazione vincente che aiuta a decretare il successo commerciale della tecnologia sottostante) □ (biol.) killer cell, cellula killer □ (elettron.) killer circuit, circuito soppressore □ (zool.) killer bee, ape ‘assassina’, ape africanizzata ( ibrido di ape domestica con ape africana) □ killer instinct, istinto omicida; (zool.) istinto di uccidere; (fig.) grinta (che permette di sbaragliare gli avversari, che porta al successo) □ ( boxe) killer punch, colpo del kappaò □ (mil., miss.) killer satellite, satellite antisatellite □ (zool.) killer whale ( Orcinus orca), orca.
См. также в других словарях:
Killer Bee — キラービー Personnage de fiction apparaissant dans Naruto Cheveux … Wikipédia en Français
killer bee — ☆ killer bee or Africanized bee n. [after the notion that in a swarm this bee attacks unusually aggressively] AFRICANIZED BEE … English World dictionary
killer bee — killer bees N COUNT A killer bee is a type of bee which is very aggressive and likely to attack and sting people … English dictionary
killer bee — noun 1. an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover • Hypernyms: ↑investment banker, ↑underwriter 2. a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive… … Useful english dictionary
killer bee — /kɪlə ˈbi/ (say kiluh bee) noun 1. a honey bee, Apis mellifera adansonii, native to Africa, that is extremely aggressive and attacks in swarms when aroused; released in Brazil in 1956. 2. any of various hybrids of this African bee and native… …
killer bee — kil·ler bee kil ər bē n AFRICANIZED BEE … Medical dictionary
killer bee — noun Date: 1976 Africanized bee … New Collegiate Dictionary
killer bee — noun An Africanized honey bee … Wiktionary
killer bee — kill′er bee′ n. 1) ent African honeybee 2) ent Africanized honeybee • Etymology: 1965 … From formal English to slang
killer bee — 1. a honeybee, Apis mellifera adansonii, native to Africa, that is extremely aggressive and attacks in swarms when disturbed: brought to Brazil and accidentally released there in 1956. 2. an American hybrid of the African and European honeybees… … Universalium
killer bee — noun informal, chiefly US an Africanized honeybee … English new terms dictionary
