Usually means: Defeating opponents much stronger, favored.
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  1. giant-killing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. giant-killing, giant-killing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. giant-killing: Wordnik
  4. giant-killing: Wiktionary
  5. Giant-killing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. giant-killing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  7. giant-killing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (giant-killing)

noun:  The slaying of a giant.
noun:  (sports, also used as an adjective) The defeat of a team by a much weaker opponent.

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