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PRONUNCIATION OF KILL-TIME

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KILL-TIME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kill-Time is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KILL-TIME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of kill-time in the English dictionary

The definition of kill-time in the dictionary is an occupation that passes the time.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KILL-TIME

kill
kill oneself
kill the fatted calf
kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
kill two birds with one stone
killable
killadar
Killarney
killas
killcow
killcrop
killdeer
killer
killer app
killer application
killer bee
killer blow
killer cell
killer instinct
killer T-cell

WORDS THAT END LIKE KILL-TIME

all-time
at the same time
big-time
double-time
drive-time
full-time
good-time
half-time
just-in-time
me-time
Minkowski space-time
night-time
old-time
one-time
part-time
prime-time
real-time
small-time
space-time
spare-time
two-time

Synonyms and antonyms of kill-time in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kill-time» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KILL-TIME

Find out the translation of kill-time to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kill-time from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kill-time» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

杀时间
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

matar tiempo
570 millions of speakers

English

kill-time
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मारने समय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قتل الوقت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

убить - время
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

matá -time
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আনন্দময় কাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

kill- temps
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membunuh-masa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kill- Zeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

殺す時
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

심심풀이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati-wektu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trò
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொல்ல நேர
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मार-टाइम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zaman öldürmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

kill- tempo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kill- czas
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вбити - час
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ucide - time
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκοτώσει χρόνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doodmaak tyd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

döda - tid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kill- tid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kill-time

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KILL-TIME»

The term «kill-time» is regularly used and occupies the 79.007 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KILL-TIME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kill-time

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KILL-TIME»

Discover the use of kill-time in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kill-time and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Kill Time
Nowhere to run .
T. J. MacGregor, 2007
2
Life and other ways to kill time--
A newspaper columist and humorist offers fresh and funny insights on life, death, and everything in between, in 125 of his finest columns
Mike Nichols, 1988
3
Tales to kill Time: or, a new method to cast off care. ... ...
' He spoke, and bid the welcome table spread, Then talk'd of virtue 'till the time of bed; When the grave houshold round his hall repair, Warn'd by a bell, and close the hours with pray'r. At length the world renew'd by calm repose Was strong for ...
‎1757
4
Monster Parties and Games: Fifteen Film-Based Activities
Evil Doll Causes Heart Attack 3 points Kill Time: 2 minutes Evil Doll Causes Internal Bleeding 3 points Kill Time: 2 minutes Evil Doll Locks Player in the Fridge 3 points Kill Time: 3 minutes Evil Doll Throws Player in Traffic 4 points Kill Time: 2  ...
Chris Kullstroem, 2009
5
Arts: A Science Matter
Criterion 2: Kill time An important function of pure arts is to kill time (see footnote 7), the time of the receiver.11 If it is indeed an important piece of art, it is always the case that the receiver has to spend a lot of time contemplating it, while ...
Maria Burguete, Lui Lam, 2011
6
A World of Difference
Let us now turn to the second reading, according to which the figure is located not between the literal and the figurative but between a dead figure and a resuscitated figure, between "to kill time" and "to kill Time." If the figure of "killing time" is ...
Barbara Johnson, 1989
7
Biohazards of Drinking Water Treatment
Increasing free chlorine levels to 0.5 mg/L reduced the 99% kill time for Legionella to less than five minutes (Figure 1). Decreasing pH also reduced the kill time (Figure 2). Raising the temperature to 32°C decreased inactivation time, while ...
Richard A. Larson, 1988
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A French Grammar
C je tuemis, I should kill, P t I tu tueroi9, thou shouldest kill, r'"L., Jlltueroit, he should kill, Time J nous tuerions, we should kill, ' / vous lueriez, you should kill, V. lis tueroient. they should kill. C je tuasse, I might kill, n__- \ tu luassee, thou mightest ...
William Cobbett, 1848
9
Quotes about Time and Time Management
Thoreau, Henry David As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. - Thoreau, Henry David You cannot kill time without injuring eternity. - Thoreau, Henry David Is what I'm doing or about to do getting us closer to our objective? - Townsend ...
QuotationsBook.com
10
Network Security
Finally, Fig.8 shows how attack time and kill time scale with the size of the attack. As expected, attack time is proportional to F. Kill time (cf. Fig.5) scales as a power law: t F3:2. Again, this nonlinear scaling behavior is a consequence of the ...
Scott C.-H. Huang, David MacCallum, Ding-Zhu Du, 2010

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Kill-Time [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/kill-time>. Jun 2026 ».
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