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queening

SayKWEEN-ing/ˈkwiːnɪŋ/

Noun pluralqueenings

4 meanings of queening

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle of queen. Use this -ing form for the action happening right now.

    She is queening her pawn to make a stronger piece.

    Queening the pawn was his best move of the game.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    In chess, turning a pawn into a queen after it reaches the far side of the board.

    Like a junior worker suddenly being handed the top job.

    Queening turns a weak pawn into your strongest piece.

    His queening of the last pawn won the match.

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  3. 3
    nouncountable or uncountable
    A sexual act in which one person sits on another person's face.

    Queening is one of many things some couples choose to try.

    They talked honestly about queening before deciding to try it.

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  4. 4
    nouncountable
    Any of several kinds of apple.

    He bit into a crisp queening straight from the orchard.

    Several queenings ripened late that fall.

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queening is a form of queen

queen, verb: In chess, to turn a pawn into a queen when it reaches the far side. Full entry

Forms
queenqueens he/she/itqueening -ing formqueened past tense, past participle
Spelling
queen → queening: add -ing

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Origin

It may come from an old English word 'quene' meaning 'queen', but this is not fully certain.