Sekirov Dictionary

king

/ˈkɪŋɡ/

noun 21
verb 6
forms 5
phrases 8

noun21

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a man who is the royal head of a country, a title that usually passes to him from his father or mother
- Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.
- Charles the third became the new king of England from 2022.
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The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
- Hatshepsut was ruling as a king, not queen and she needed to be recognised as such. — 2009
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(Australia, historical) A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
- Old Culwaddy the ‘king’, squatting by the galley fire, looked up questioningly[.] — 1937
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(figurative) A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
- Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".
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(figurative) Something that has a preeminent position.
- In times of financial panic, cash is king.
The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
The title of a king.
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(slang) A man worthy of respect.
- I'm sure you got the job, king.
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A king-sized bed.
- Try asking for a king-size bed next time because kings are usually firmer. — 2002
A component of certain games.
A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
A chinook salmon (king salmon).
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter K.
A reproductive caste of termites comprising males who remain in the colony mating with the queen and releasing pheromones that manage the other castes in the colony.
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The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
- In knockemdowns and bowls ten pins are used, the centre one being called the king, and the ball has to be grounded before it reaches the frame. — 1878
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(UK, slang) A king skin.
- Oi mate, have you got kings?
A King pigeon.
A male dragonfly; a drake.
A group of animals whose tails have become entangled.
A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.

verb6

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To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- The kinging of Macbeth is the business of the first part of the play […] . — 1982
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To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
- If the machine does this, it will lose only one point, and as it is not looking far enough ahead, it cannot see that it has not prevented its opponent from kinging but only postponed the evil day. — 1957
To rule over as king.
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To perform the duties of a king.
- He had to do all his kinging after supper, which left him no time for roystering with the nobility and certain others. — 1918
To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
To dress and perform as a drag king.

forms

kinged · kinging · kings · Kings · kingis

Phrases with king

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