English Dictionary

suicide

/ˈs(j)uːɪˌsaɪd/

noun

(uncountable) Intentional killing of oneself. / (countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing themself, or of multiple people doing so.

She was devastated by the news of his suicide.

意味（1）

(uncountable) Intentional killing of oneself.

The cowardice of suicide was abhorrent to him.

意味（2）

(countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing themself, or of multiple people doing so.

There had been half a dozen mysterious suicides which had been investigated by Scotland Yard.

意味（3）

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.

I remember one suicide, she said to Philip, who threw himself into the Thames.

意味（4）

(figuratively) An action that could cause the literal or figurative death of a person or organization, although death is not the aim of the action.

political suicide

意味（5）

(countable, US, slang) A beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain.

You could sit at a corner and order your Suicide, and one of two twin brothers who worked there would hold an old-fashioned soda glass, a heavy tall V-shaped one with a round foot at the bottom, and go down the line with one shot of everything—cherry, lemon, Coke, and chocolate syrups—before adding soda water.

意味（6）

A diabolo trick where one of the sticks is released and allowed to rotate 360° round the diabolo until it is caught by the hand that released it.

意味（7）

(countable) A run comprising a series of sprints of increasing lengths, each followed immediately by a return to the start, with no pause between one sprint and the next.

The coach makes us run suicides at the end of each basketball practice.

意味（8）

A children's game of throwing a ball against a wall and at other players, who are eliminated by being struck.

意味（9）

(attributive) Pertaining to a suicide bombing.

suicide belt