"killing time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: killing times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} killing time (plural killing times)
  1. A time of the year when animals, especially pigs, are slaughtered.
    Sense id: en-killing_time-en-noun-bt5C4gey Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} killing time
  1. present participle and gerund of kill time Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: kill time
    Sense id: en-killing_time-en-verb-Tm1190Uo Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49

Inflected forms

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