| king | |
| 1. n. A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation. | |
| Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547. | |
| 2. n. A powerful or majorly influential person. | |
| Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media". | |
| 3. n. Something that has a preeminent position. | |
| In times of financial panic, cash is king. | |
| 4. n. A component of certain games. | |
| 5. n. (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 | |
| 6. n. (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit. | |
| 7. n. 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 | |
| 8. n. (slang) A king skin. | |
| Oi mate, have you got kings? | |
| 9. n. A male dragonfly; a drake. | |
| 10. n. A king-sized bed. | |
| 11. v. To crown king, to make (a person) king. | |
| 12. v. To rule over as king. | |
| 13. v. To perform the duties of a king. | |
| 14. v. To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over. | |
| 15. v. 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. | |
| 16. v. To dress and perform as a drag king. | |
| 17. n. alternative form of qinges (Chinese musical instrument) | |
