killer:

1. A very attractive person, more often a woman . ' Oh, oh! Killer approaching! '

2. A person successful with the opposite-sex .

QUOTE: The sheriff and Susan (Katharine Hepburn) about David in Bringing Up Baby (1938):
-- Sheriff: ' Oh! So he's a lady killer?! '
-- Susan: ' A lady killer?! Why he's a regular Don Swan .'

3. A noun and adjective for someone or something remarquable or wonderful.

4. Something (extremely) difficult to understand.

QUOTE: Eric Qualen (John Lithgow) Cliffhanger (1993): ' Love is a killer, isn't it? '

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