kinged
SayKINGD/kɪŋd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of king.
He kinged his piece and slid it back across the board to defend.
The rebel leader was kinged by his loyal followers once the war ended.
Note
Because king takes a regular -ed ending, one spelling serves as both the past tense (she kinged her piece) and the participle after have or be (the piece was kinged). The passive suits crowning, since someone else does the making-king. On a draughts board the object is the promoted piece. In the 'lording it over' sense the form pairs with over: he kinged it over his rivals.
kinged is a form of king
king, verb: To promote a checkers piece that has reached the opposite side, allowing it to move backward as well as forward. Full entry
- Spelling
- king → kinged: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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