bumpoff
[ buhmp-awf, -of ]
Origin of bumpoff
11905–10, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase bump off
Words Nearby bumpoff
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British Dictionary definitions for bump off
bump off
verb
(tr, adverb) slang to murder; kill
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Other Idioms and Phrases with bumpoff
bumpoff
Kill, murder, as in The convict bragged about bumping off his partner, or The first fighter plane bumped off three enemy aircraft. This term was at first principally criminal slang and somewhat later military jargon. [Slang; c. 1900]
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