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king
1[ king ]
noun
- a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
- (initial capital letter) God or Christ.
- a person or thing preeminent in its class:
a king of actors.
- a playing card bearing a picture of a king.
- Chess. the chief piece of each color, whose checkmating is the object of the game; moved one square at a time in any direction.
- Checkers. a piece that has been moved entirely across the board and has been crowned, thus allowing it to be moved in any direction.
- Entomology. a fertile male termite.
- a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter K.
verb (used with object)
- to make a king of; cause to be or become a king; crown.
- Informal. to design or make (a product) king-size:
The tobacco company is going to king its cigarettes.
verb (used without object)
- to reign as king.
adjective
- Informal. king-size.
verb phrase
- to play the king; behave in an imperious or pretentious manner:
He kinged it over all the other kids on the block.
King
2[ king ]
noun
- Bil·lie Jean (Mof·fitt) [bil, -ee , jeen, , mof, -it], born 1943, U.S. tennis player.
- Clarence, 1842–1901, U.S. geologist and cartographer.
- Co·ret·ta Scott [kaw-, ret, -, uh, , skot], 1927–2006, U.S. civil rights leader (widow of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
- Ernest Joseph, 1878–1956, U.S. naval officer.
- Martin Luther, Jr., MLK, 1929–68, U.S. Baptist minister: civil rights leader; Nobel Peace Prize 1964.
- Maxine Micki, born 1944, U.S. springboard and platform diver.
- Richard, 1825–85, U.S. rancher and steamboat operator.
- Riley B. B.B., 1925–2015, U.S. blues singer and guitarist.
- Rufus, 1755–1827, U.S. political leader and statesman.
- Stephen, born 1947, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874–1950, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1921–26, 1926–30, 1935–48.
- William Rufus De·Vane [d, uh, -, veyn], 1786–1853, vice president of the U.S. 1853.
king
1/ °ìɪŋ /
noun
- a male sovereign prince who is the official ruler of an independent state; monarch royalregalmonarchical
- a ruler or chief
king of the fairies
- ( in combination )
the pirate king
- a person, animal, or thing considered as the best or most important of its kind
- ( as modifier )
a king bull
- any of four playing cards in a pack, one for each suit, bearing the picture of a king
- draughts a piece that has moved entirely across the board and has been crowned, after which it may move backwards as well as forwards
- king of kings
- God
- a title of any of various oriental monarchs
verb
- to make (someone) a king
- king itto act in a superior fashion
King
2/ °ìɪŋ /
noun
- KingB.B.1925MUSMUSIC: blues singerMUSIC: guitarist B.B., real name Riley B. King. born 1925, US blues singer and guitarist
- KingBillie Jean1943FUSSPORT AND GAMES: tennis player Billie Jean (²Ôé±ð Moffitt ). born 1943, US tennis player: winner of twelve Grand Slam singles titles, including Wimbledon (1966–68, 1972–73, and 1975) and the US Open (1967, 1971–72, and 1974)
- KingMartin Luther19291968MUSRELIGION: clergymanPOLITICS: civil-rights leader Martin Luther. 1929–68, US Baptist minister and civil-rights leader. He advocated nonviolence in his campaigns against the segregation of Black people in the South: assassinated: Nobel Peace Prize 1964
- KingStephen (Edwin)1947MUSWRITING: writer Stephen ( Edwin ). born 1947, US writer esp of horror novels; his books, many of which have been filmed, include Carrie (1974), The Shining (1977), Misery (1988), and Everything's Eventual (2002)
- KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie18741950MCanadianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie. 1874–1950, Canadian Liberal statesman; prime minister (1921–26; 1926–30; 1935–48)
Derived Forms
- ˈ°ì¾±²Ô²µËŒ³ó´Ç´Ç»å, noun
- ˈ°ì¾±²Ô²µ±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
- ˈ°ì¾±²Ô²µËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ì¾±²Ô²µî€ƒl±ð²õ²õ adjective
- °ì¾±²Ô²µî€ƒl±ð²õ²õ·ness noun
- °ì¾±²Ô²µî€ƒl¾±°ì±ð adjective
- ´Ç³Ü³Ùk¾±²Ô²µî€ƒ verb (used with object)
- ²õ³Ü²úk¾±²Ô²µî€… noun
- ³Ü²Ôd±ð°ù·°ì¾±²Ô²µî€… noun
- ³Ü²Ô·°ì¾±²Ô²µ±ð»å adjective
- un·°ì¾±²Ô²µî€ƒl¾±°ì±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of king1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with king , also see live like a king .Example Sentences
“Let me remind him: He is not a king,†Bonta said.
Black bowls through the movie like the king of the sandbox, the lord of the playground, rallying the rest of us to join him on a quest that he’s made up on the spot.
More than a hundred years earlier, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd - the last prince of an independent Wales - had been killed in battle and his head sent to Edward I, the English king.
Tariffs are taxes charged on goods imported from other countries.Trump has repeatedly branded India a "tariff king" and a "big abuser" of trade ties.
We stayed in a king suite — no real view, but a bed made for the kind of sleep you can only get on vacation, plus a second “guest†bathroom.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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