queening

[ kwee-ning ]

/ ˈkwi nɪŋ /

noun Chess.

Origin of queening

queen + -ing¹

Words nearby queening

queencake, queendom, queenfish, queenhood, queenie, queening, queenly, queens, queensberry, queensberry rules, queenship

Definition for queening (2 of 2)

queen

[ kween ]

/ kwin /

noun

a female sovereign or monarch.

the wife or consort of a king.

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.

Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual, especially one who is flamboyantly campy or effeminate.
drag queen.

a playing card bearing a picture of a queen.

Chess. the most powerful piece of either color, moved across any number of empty squares in any direction.

Entomology. a fertile female ant, bee, termite, or wasp.

a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter Q.

verb (used without object)

to reign as queen.

to behave in an imperious or pretentious manner (usually followed by it).

Chess. to become promoted to a queen.

Origin of queen

before 900; Middle English quene, quen, Old English cwēn woman, queen; cognate with Old Saxon quān, Old Norse kvān, Gothic qēns < Germanic *kwēni-; akin to Old Irish ben, Greek gynḗ woman, Russian zhená, Sanskrit jani wife

OTHER WORDS FROM queen

queen·less, adjective queen·like, adjective un·der·queen, noun

Example sentences from the Web for queening

There is a low open seat for sale that fits over the face called the “queening stool.”

Eight Strange Sex Fetishes |Aurora Snow |December 16, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Sibyl, queening it at some distance, had the air of conferring a favour as she listened.

The Whirlpool |George Gissing
This is technically called “queening a pawn,” although it does not follow that a Queen is always called for.

Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do |Anonymous
Do you suppose the girl has married some rich widower and is queening it here in Washington society?

The Heatherford Fortune |Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

I find myself still wondering how any pretty woman ever kept her mental poise when queening it at those Western posts.

Tenting on the Plains |Elizabeth B. Custer
She rather fancied the picture of herself, clothed in more or less authority and queening it over her little army of teachers.

The Brown Mouse |Herbert Quick

British Dictionary definitions for queening (1 of 2)

queen

/ (kwiːn) /

noun

a female sovereign who is the official ruler or head of state

the wife or widow of a king

a woman or a thing personified as a woman considered the best or most important of her kind a beauty queen; the queen of ocean liners

slang an effeminate male homosexual

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects, such as bees, ants, and termites, from the eggs of which the entire colony develops
(as modifier)a queen bee

an adult female cat

one of four playing cards in a pack, one for each suit, bearing the picture of a queen

a chess piece, theoretically the most powerful piece, able to move in a straight line in any direction or diagonally, over any number of squares

verb

chess to promote (a pawn) to a queen when it reaches the eighth rank

(tr) to crown as queen

(intr) informal (of a gay man) to flaunt one's homosexuality

(intr) to reign as queen

queen it (often foll by over) informal to behave in an overbearing manner

Word Origin for queen

Old English cwēn; related to Old Saxon quān wife, Old Norse kvæn, Gothic qēns wife

British Dictionary definitions for queening (2 of 2)

Queen

/ (kwiːn) /

noun

Ellery (ˈɛlərɪ). pseudonym of Frederic Dannay (1905–82) and Manfred B. Lee (1905–71), US co-authors of detective novels featuring a sleuth also called Ellery Queen

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

queening

noun Chess.

Origin of queening

Words nearby queening

Definition for queening (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used without object)

Origin of queen

OTHER WORDS FROM queen

Example sentences from the Web for queening

British Dictionary definitions for queening (1 of 2)

noun

verb

Word Origin for queen

British Dictionary definitions for queening (2 of 2)

noun