murdering

English

Verb

murdering

1. present participle and gerund of murder

Noun

murdering (countable and uncountable, plural murderings)

1. The act of committing murder.
   • 1826, James Silk Buckingham, The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature:

     the speedy perpetration of these licensed murderings

Adverb

murdering (not comparable)

1. (Ireland) Exceedingly; terribly; incredibly.
   • 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 514:

     "But I was up, you see, murdherin' late last night." "To be shure, thin, Paddy, it was up at the great dinner, yisterday, above at the big house you wor."

Derived terms

• murderingly

Anagrams

• demurring