English Dictionary

king

/kɪŋ/

noun

A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it is an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation. / A powerful or majorly influential person.

The king ruled over his kingdom with wisdom and authority.

意味（1）

A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it is an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.

Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.

意味（2）

A powerful or majorly influential person.

Howard Stern styled himself as the king of all media.

意味（3）

(countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.

In times of financial panic, cash is king.

意味（4）

(chess) 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.

意味（5）

(card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.

意味（6）

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.

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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.

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(UK, slang) A king skin.

Oi mate, have you got kings?

意味（9）

A male dragonfly; a drake.

意味（10）

A king-sized bed.

Try asking for a king-size bed next time because kings are usually firmer.

意味（11）

The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.

The British Parliament has had made it for it in the past the claim that it could do anything excepting convert a woman into a man.[…]And the high court [of Amsterdam] has done it by deciding that all officials and public servants shall take their oath of allegiance not to Queen Wilhelmina but to King Wilhelmina.

意味（12）

(graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.