king
[king]
1.
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.
2.
(initial capital letter) God or Christ.
3.
a person or thing preeminent in its class:
a king of actors.
4.
a playing card bearing a picture of a king.
5.
Chess. the chief piece of each color, whose checkmating is the object of the game; moved one square at a time in any direction.
6.
Checkers. a piece that has been moved entirely across the board and has been crowned, thus allowing it to be moved in any direction.
7.
Entomology. a fertile male termite.
9.
to make a king of; cause to be or become a king; crown.
10.
Informal. to design or make (a product) king-size :
The tobacco company is going to king its cigarettes.
11.
to reign as king.
12.
13.
king it, to play the king; behave in an imperious or pretentious manner:
He kinged it over all the other kids on the block.
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