Dictionary

hitman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhɪtmæːn/
• /ˈhɪtmən/

Etymology

From hit (“to murder”) + -man.

Meanings

1. A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia.
   • Their top hitman, Joe Russo, was on the lam after murdering Joe Barboza in San Francisco. 2007, Howie Carr, The Brothers Bulger:
   • The high priest of US arms controllers called me a "nuclear arms agreement hitman," which I took as a compliment. 2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, pages 172–173:
2. A goalscorer; someone who scores goals.

Forms

Coordinates

hitwoman

Descendants

hitman

Hypernyms

contract killer

Relateds

hit list

Translations (64)

fi ammattitappaja (contract killer) · es sicario (contract killer) · ceb hitman (contract killer) · da snigmorder (contract killer) · vi kẻ ám sát (contract killer) · fr tueur à gages (contract killer) · eo murdisto (contract killer) · th นักฆ่า (contract killer) · ca sicari (contract killer) · km បេច្ឈឃាដ (contract killer) · la sīcārius (contract killer) · sv torped (contract killer) · th ผู้ลอบสังหาร (contract killer) · fr sicaire (contract killer) · cs nájemný vrah (contract killer) · el εκτελεστής (contract killer) · ar قَاتِل مَأْجُور (contract killer) · it sicario (contract killer) · da lejemorder (contract killer) · is leigumorðingi (contract killer) · ro asasin (contract killer) · fi palkkamurhaaja (contract killer) · mk пла́тен у́биец (contract killer) · tr kiralık katil (contract killer) · th ผู้ลอบสังหาร (contract killer) · lt samdomas žudikas (contract killer) · de Auftragsmörderin (contract killer) · cmn 殺手 /杀手 (contract killer) · he רוצח שכיר (contract killer) · nn leigemordar (contract killer) · ceb tirador (contract killer) · nl huurdoder (contract killer) · ja 殺し屋 (contract killer) · pt assassino de aluguel (contract killer) · de Auftragsmörder (contract killer) · ro sicar (contract killer) · hu bérgyilkos (contract killer) · eo sikario (contract killer) · ru наёмный уби́йца (contract killer) · bg нае́мен уби́ец (contract killer) · pt sicário (contract killer) · ko 암살자 (contract killer) · ja キラー (contract killer) · be наёмны забойца (contract killer) · tr tetikçi (contract killer) · sh plaćeni ubica (contract killer) · nl huurmoordenaar (contract killer) · de Killer (contract killer) · ja ヒットマン (contract killer) · ro killer (contract killer) · sq vrasës i paguar (contract killer) · pl cyngiel (contract killer) · sk nájomný vrah (contract killer) · it killer (contract killer) · nb leiemorder (contract killer) · pl płatny zabójca (contract killer) · sv yrkesmördare (contract killer) · cmn 合約殺手 /合约杀手 (contract killer) · ru ки́ллер (contract killer) · es asesino a sueldo (contract killer) · lv slepkava (contract killer) · ro ucigaș (contract killer) · uk на́йманий вби́вця (contract killer) · de Killerin (contract killer)