ALL meanings of king
king
K k - noun king sovereign 1
- noun king outstanding person 1
- adjective king particularly large 1
- noun king in chess 1
- noun king in draughts/checkers 1
- noun king in cards 1
- transitive verb king make king 1
- noun king one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne. Compare Roland. 1
- noun king Joseph ("King") 1885?–1938, U.S. cornet player, bandleader, and composer: pioneer in jazz. 1
- noun king a male given name. 1
- verb with object king to make a king of; cause to be or become a king; crown. 1
- noun king The male ruler of an independent state, esp. one who inherits the position by right of birth. 1
- verb with object king Informal. to design or make (a product) king-size: The tobacco company is going to king its cigarettes. 1
- verb without object king to reign as king. 1
- adjective king (of cooked fowl, fish, etc.) diced and served in a cream sauce containing mushrooms, pimiento, or green pepper: chicken à la king. 1
- noun king A king is a man who is the most important member of the royal family of his country, and who is considered to be the Head of State of that country. 0
- countable noun king If you describe a man as the king of something, you mean that he is the most important person doing that thing or he is the best at doing it. 0
- countable noun king A king is a playing card with a picture of a king on it. 0
- countable noun king In chess, the king is the most important piece. When you are in a position to capture your opponent's king, you win the game. 0
- noun king a male sovereign prince who is the official ruler of an independent state; monarch 0
- noun king a ruler or chief 0
- noun king (in combination) 0
- noun king a person, animal, or thing considered as the best or most important of its kind 0
- noun king (as modifier) 0
- noun king any of four playing cards in a pack, one for each suit, bearing the picture of a king 0
- noun king the most important chess piece, although theoretically the weakest, being able to move only one square at a time in any direction 0
- noun king a piece that has moved entirely across the board and has been crowned, after which it may move backwards as well as forwards 0
- verb king to make (someone) a king 0
- noun king B.B., real name Riley B. King.1925–2015, US blues singer and guitarist 0
- noun king Billie Jean (née 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) 0
- noun king 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 0
- noun king Mervyn (Allister). Baron. born 1948, British banker; governor of the Bank of England (2003–13); a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords from 2013 0
- noun king 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) 0
- noun king William Lyon Mackenzie. 1874–1950, Canadian Liberal statesman; prime minister (1921–26; 1926–30; 1935–48) 0
- noun king (William Lyon) Mackenzie1874-1950; Cdn. statesman: prime minister (1921-26; 1926-30; 1935-48) 0
- noun king Martin Luther, Jr.1929-68; U.S. clergyman & leader in the civil rights movement: assassinated 0
- noun king a male ruler of a nation or state usually called a kingdom; male sovereign, limited or absolute; monarch 0
- noun king a man who is supreme or highly successful in some field 0
- noun king something supreme in its class 0
- noun king a playing card with a conventionalized picture of a king on it 0
- noun king a piece that has been crowned and can thus move backward as well as forward 0
- noun king the chief piece, which can move one square in any direction 0
- adjective king chief (in size, importance, etc.) 0
- verb transitive king crown (sense 22) 0