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thrill killer

thrill killer noun: a murderer who is motivated by a strong personal desire to have a very exciting experience.

Noun

thrill killer (plural thrill killers)

  1. (idiomatic) A murderer who is motivated by a strong personal desire to have a very exciting experience.
    • New York City's teen-aged thrill killer of 1945 was Lena Theresa Nienstedt, a whisky-drinking factory girl of 16. She carried a small hatchet in her handbag.1954 September 6, “SEQUELS: Another Life”, in Time
    • [H]is best-known performances were two of his earliest: as a preppie thrill-killer in Hitchcock’s “Rope” in 1948, and as a tennis player wrongly suspected of murder in “Strangers on a Train” in 1951.2011 March 29, Neil Genzlinger, “Farley Granger, Screen Star of the 1950s, Dies at 85”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 May 2013

Forms of thrill killer

pluralthrill killers
alternative formthrill-killer

Questions about thrill killer

What does thrill killer mean?
Thrill killer means a murderer who is motivated by a strong personal desire to have a very exciting experience.
What part of speech is thrill killer?
Thrill killer is a noun.
What is the plural of thrill killer?
The plural of thrill killer is thrill killers.

Words near thrill killer in the dictionary

  1. thriftstores
  2. thrifty
  3. thriftyness
  4. thrill
  5. thrill kill
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  8. thrill killing
  9. thrill killings
  10. thrill kills
  11. thrill of the hunt

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