Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

category killer

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: cat-e-go-ry killer
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A retailer that offers a wider selection of merchandise in a category than existing retailers, at lower prices, thereby gaining substantial share of the market and "killing" the existing retailers.

American usage

noun

A speedrun so fast that beating it is considered unattainable, thereby "killing" the category it became the record for.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

category killers (plural)

Phrases

Home Depot

Frequently Paired Words

Home Depot

Questions

What does category killer mean?: A retailer that offers a wider selection of merchandise in a category than existing retailers, at lower prices, thereby gaining substantial share of the market and "killing" the existing retailers.

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