<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>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</li><li>(initial capital letter) God or Christ</li><li>a person or thing preeminent in its class: a king of actors</li><li>a playing card bearing a picture of a king</li><li>Chess: the chief piece of each color, whose checkmating is the object of the game; moved one square at a time in any direction</li><li>Checkers: a piece that has been moved entirely across the board and has been crowned, thus allowing it to be moved in any direction</li><li>Entomology: a fertile male termite</li><li>a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter K</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to make a king of; cause to be or become a king; crown</li><li>Informal: to design or make (a product) king-size: The tobacco company is going to king its cigarettes</li><li>(used without object) to reign as king</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Informal: king-size</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase:</strong></p><ul><li>to play the king; behave in an imperious or pretentious manner: He kinged it over all the other kids on the block</li></ul>