queening

Verb

queen (third-person singular simple present queens, present participle queening, simple past and past participle queened)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To act the part of a queen; to behave imperiously; to queen it.
2. (transitive) To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.
   • This dreame of mine / Being now awake, Ile Queene it no inch farther, / But milke my Ewes, and weepe.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
3. To promote a pawn to a queen.
   • Neither King will be able to stop the opponent's pawns from queening, when the game should be a draw. In such cases, which side queens first, or queens with check, can make a crucial difference. In this case, White promotes his pawn first and is able to put this advantage to good use.2003, Yasser Seirawan, Winning Chess Endings, London: Everyman Chess, →ISBN, page 39
4. To be the queen bee of a colony.
   • They have all been queened by imported stock, or the best of home-bred mothers.1882 November 22, E. L. Briggs, “Development of ‘The Coming Bee’”, in The American Bee Journal, volume 18, number 47, retrieved 15 Jan 2022, page 743
5. To provide with a new queen bee.
   • In queening his apiary, he aims to keep about half of the queens of the current season's rearing, and the other of the summer preceding.1896, The Progressive Bee-Keeper, page 320

   Antonyms:

   dequeen

6. (slang, transitive, usually) To sit on a person’s face to receive oral sex, typically while straddling the person’s head.
   • The classic posture, in which you lie on your back while the male serves you, may make him feel arrogant and in charge. Try Queening him. Have him lie on his back while you sit on his face (make sure he has an airway through either his mouth or his nose).1996, Lorelei, The Mistress Manual: The Good Girl’s Guide to Female Dominance, Scranton, Pennsylvania: Berkana Press, →ISBN, page 138

   Synonyms:

   face-sit, king

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