kill file

See also: killfile and kill-file

English

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kill file

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Alternative forms

• killfile, kill-file

Pronunciation

• enPR: kĭl′ fīl′
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪl ˌfaɪ̯l/

  Audio (US):

  (file)

  (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪl ˌfʌɪ̯l/

  (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪl ˌfʌi̯l/, /ˈkɪl ˌfəi̯l/

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪl ˌfɑe̯l/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈkəl ˌfaɪ̯l/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪl ˌfajl/
• Hyphenation: kill file

Noun

kill file (plural kill files)

2. (Internet slang) A user's file listing the users of a newsgroup whose postings are to be ignored, or other criteria for ignoring posts.

   Synonyms: bozo filter (slang), bozo bin, ignorelist (uncommon), twitlist

Translations

file used in Usenet groups to hide people or subjects

Dutch: killfile m, ploink ? Esperanto: please add this translation if you can German: Killfile n or m Ido: please add this translation if you can Interlingua: please add this translation if you can Polish: killfile m inan, mordplik m inan, scorefile m inan Volapük: please add this translation if you can

Verb

kill file (third-person singular simple present kill files, present participle kill filing, simple past and past participle kill filed)

2. (transitive, Internet slang) To add (a user) to a kill file (sense 1).

Translations

to add to kill file

Dutch: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: please add this translation if you can German: please add this translation if you can Ido: please add this translation if you can Interlingua: please add this translation if you can Polish: wstawiać do killfile'a impf, wstawić do killfile'a pf Volapük: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• “kill file”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.