murder
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
murder/ˈmɜːdə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 the unlawful premeditated killing of one person by another.
- 2 informal a very difficult or unpleasant situation or experience.
- 1 kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.
- 2 informal spoil by poor performance.
- 3 informal, chiefly Brit. consume (food or drink) with relish.
– phrases
get away with (blue) murder informal succeed in doing whatever one chooses without being punished.
murder will out murder cannot remain undetected.
scream (or yell) blue (or N. Amer. bloody) murder informal make an extravagant and noisy protest.
get away with (blue) murder informal succeed in doing whatever one chooses without being punished.
murder will out murder cannot remain undetected.
scream (or yell) blue (or N. Amer. bloody) murder informal make an extravagant and noisy protest.
– derivatives
murderer noun,
murderess noun.
murderer noun,
murderess noun.
– origin OE morthor, of Gmc origin.
'murder' also found in these Oxford entries:
assassin
- assassinate
- bump
- culpable homicide
- degree
- diminished responsibility
- Electra complex
- Fanny Adams
- first-degree
- foul play
- hit
- holocaust
- life imprisonment
- malice aforethought
- manslaughter
- material
- murderous
- murther
- rap
- ritual abuse
- scrag
- second-degree
- slay
- snuff movie
- terminate
- third-degree
- thuggee
- whack
- whodunnit
