Meanings
kms1
- nonstandardpluralPlural of km (“kilometre”)
5 kms
5 kilometres
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The new numbers, showing almost 10,000 sq kms were lost in the year to August, were released as emboldened farm owners scuffled with forest defenders in Altamira, the Amazonian city at the heart of the recent devastation.
2019 November 18, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon deforestation 'at highest level in a decade'”, in The Guardian
kms2
- Alternative letter-case form of KMS (“[I want to / am going to] kill myself”).
- Alternative letter-case form of KMS (“kill myself”).
KMS3
plural KMSs
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of key management service.
- abbreviationattributiveinitialismnot comparableInitialism of Kubo-Martin-Schwinger; applied to various concepts in quantum mechanics
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Keenie Meenie Services.
In 1985, the Foreign Office’s South Asia head noted in a memo: “We believe only KMS pilots are currently capable of flying armed helicopter assault operations in Sri Lanka.”
2020 January 18, Jamie Doward, “Revealed: clandestine actions of mercenaries during Thatcher years”, in The Guardian
KMS4
- InternetUsed to express frustration: the (typically hyperbolic) desire to kill oneself; fucking hell; fuck this.
i left my wallet at home kms i don't wanna go back and get it
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my mom found condoms in my room and now she wants to call me kms
KMS5
- abbreviationhistoricalinitialismuncountablegovernmentAbbreviation of Kriegsmarine ship, a ship of the Navy of Nazi Germany; used as a ship prefix.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
KMS · interjection, verb
Initialism of kill(ing) myself, based on KYS (“kill yourself”).
Full word history & related roots →KMS · noun
From German Kriegsmarine (“Nazi Germany Navy”) Schiff (“ship”), from Krieg (“war”)+Marine (“navy”).
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
kms. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kms
“kms.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kms. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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