"kill file" meaning in All languages combined

See kill file on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɪl ˌfaɪ̯l/ [Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland], /ˈkɪl ˌfʌɪ̯l/ [Canada], /ˈkɪl ˌfʌi̯l/ [Scotland], /ˈkɪl ˌfəi̯l/ [Scotland], /ˈkɪl ˌfɑe̯l/ [General-Australian], /ˈkəl ˌfaɪ̯l/ [New-Zealand], /ˈkɪl ˌfajl/ [India] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-kill file.wav Forms: kill files [plural], killfile [alternative], kill-file [alternative]
enPR: kĭl′ fīl′ Head templates: {{en-noun}} kill file (plural kill files)
  1. (Internet slang) A user's file listing the users of a newsgroup whose postings are to be ignored, or other criteria for ignoring posts. Wikidata QID: Q335888 Tags: Internet Synonyms: bozo filter, bozo bin, ignorelist, twitlist Translations (file used in Usenet groups to hide people or subjects): killfile [masculine] (Dutch), ploink (Dutch), Killfile [masculine, neuter] (German), killfile [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), mordplik [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), scorefile [inanimate, masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-kill_file-en-noun-en:Q335888 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Usenet Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Usenet: 97 3

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɪl ˌfaɪ̯l/ [Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland], /ˈkɪl ˌfʌɪ̯l/ [Canada], /ˈkɪl ˌfʌi̯l/ [Scotland], /ˈkɪl ˌfəi̯l/ [Scotland], /ˈkɪl ˌfɑe̯l/ [General-Australian], /ˈkəl ˌfaɪ̯l/ [New-Zealand], /ˈkɪl ˌfajl/ [India] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-kill file.wav Forms: kill files [present, singular, third-person], kill filing [participle, present], kill filed [participle, past], kill filed [past], killfile [alternative], kill-file [alternative]
enPR: kĭl′ fīl′ Head templates: {{en-verb}} kill file (third-person singular simple present kill files, present participle kill filing, simple past and past participle kill filed)
  1. (transitive, Internet slang) To add (a user) to a kill file (sense 1). Tags: Internet, transitive Translations (to add to kill file): wstawiać do killfile'a [imperfective] (Polish), wstawić do killfile'a [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-kill_file-en-verb-en:to_add_to_kill_file

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəl ˌfaɪ̯l/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɪl ˌfajl/",
      "tags": [
        "India"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to add to kill file",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wstawiać do killfile'a"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to add to kill file",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wstawić do killfile'a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kill file"
}

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