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- [kwee-ning]
- /ˈkwi nɪŋ/
- /ˈkwiːn.ɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kwee-ning]
- /ˈkwi nɪŋ/
Definitions of queening word
- noun queening a female sovereign or monarch. 1
- noun queening the wife or consort of a king. 1
- noun queening a woman, or something personified as a woman, that is foremost or preeminent in any respect: a movie queen; a beauty queen; Athens, the queen of the Aegean. 1
- noun queening Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual, especially one who is flamboyantly campy or effeminate. drag queen. 1
- noun queening a playing card bearing a picture of a queen. 1
- noun queening Chess. the most powerful piece of either color, moved across any number of empty squares in any direction. 1
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Parts of speech for Queening
noun
adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
queening popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
queening usage trend in Literature
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