# kings

Pronunciation: say "KINGZ" /kɪŋz/

## Noun

1. Plural of king. — plural of king
   - Simple: Plural of king. Use this form for more than one king.
   - _History remembers some kings as cruel and others as kind._
   - _The painting shows three kings arriving on camels._
3. A drinking game played with playing cards.
   - Simple: A drinking game played with a deck of playing cards.
   - _Someone dealt the cards in a ring, and we settled in for a round of kings._
   - _Kings got out of hand once the last card forced everyone to chug._
4. A pair of king cards, especially as a starting hand in poker. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Two king cards held together in a card game.
   - _She raised hard before the flop, holding kings against a single caller._
   - _He flopped a set after starting the hand with kings._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of king. — third-person singular simple present indicative of king
   - Simple: The form of king used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _Once a checker reaches the back row, the opponent kings it by stacking another piece on top._
   - _In this game, a player who kings a piece early usually controls the board._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/kings (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).