queen
- noun
- /kwin/
- In the game of poker, I was dealt the queen of hearts.
- kings and queens
- queen of spades
- queen of hearts
Like in the math of poker, we solved ace, king, queen, you know, paper, but kind of like a real poker game's been solved.
- Like in the math of poker, we solved ace, king, queen, you know, paper, but kind of like a real poker game's been solved.
- The kids and I laugh so much when we play Sushi Go and then we also like this game Sleeping Queens.
Examples
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Sure enough, we got a seven, a jack, and a queen.
Fiction book (2000) -
Your vote for prom king and queen is now due.
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The people on the playing cards are referred to as "kings" and "queens."
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The table shows the four of diamonds, the five of hearts, the seven of clubs, and the queen of spades.
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The Mouse slowly picked up her cards and found that she had drawn two nines and a queen.
Fiction book (1991) -
He played his queen, hoping it would win the round.
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During the card trick, she revealed the queen of clubs as the surprise card.
Idioms
Compounds
A bed or mattress size larger than a double and smaller than a king, about 60 by 80 inches
- Slur
An insulting name for a woman said to unfairly take government money, often used to express racist ideas
- Formal
The mother of the current king or queen who keeps the title after her child becomes ruler
A wild plant with many thin leaves and groups of small white flowers like a carrot that grows in fields
- Literature
A famous queen known for her wisdom and great wealth who visited King Solomon
- Specialized
A vertical support between the main roof beams that holds the middle of the roof
A woman who rules a country because the king cannot, often until the heir is old enough
- Specialized
A brightly colored tropical fish with a deep body and long spines on its top fin, often near coral reefs
A region of Antarctica claimed by Norway between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea
- Specialized
A larger female in a colony of naked mole rats who is the only one to have babies
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word queen for the playing card is named after the female ruler and goes back to old English cwen 'woman', which is why the card shows a royal woman between the king and the jack.