"king of the hill" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-king of the hill.ogg Forms: kings of the hill [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|kings of the hill}} king of the hill (plural kings of the hill)
  1. (uncountable) A children's game in which one player stands on top of a hill or other location atop an incline, and attempts to repel other players whose goal is to capture his position. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: king of the castle Translations (children's game): শাহে টিলা (śahe ṭila) (Bengali), kukkulan kuningas (Finnish), царь горы (carʹ gory) [masculine] (Russian), herre på täppan (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-king_of_the_hill-en-noun-KnWUgWfn Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Games Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 3 52 Disambiguation of Games: 42 10 48 Disambiguation of "children's game": 78 4 18
  2. (countable) The player in this game who stands atop the hill. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-king_of_the_hill-en-noun-f~-BOwmi
  3. (idiomatic, by extension) A person who has achieved a measure of success and is considered to be a leader in his field. Tags: broadly, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-king_of_the_hill-en-noun-qdk210w5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Games Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 3 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 4 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 3 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 2 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 21 7 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 5 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 4 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 25 4 70 Disambiguation of Games: 42 10 48 Synonyms: baron, big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, bigwig, big wheel, boss, grand poobah, head honcho, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high muckamuck, high muckety-muck, king of all one surveys, king of the castle, king of the hill, kingpin, macher [US], mayor, muckamuck, muckety muck, mugwump [masculine, usually], numero uno, poobah, rooster, somebody, top banana, top cat, top dog, top gun, very important person, VIP, wheel

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