"king of the hill" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-king of the hill.ogg [Australia] 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 Categories (topical): Games 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 Disambiguation of Games: 66 24 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 5 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 79 8 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 77 9 14 Disambiguation of "children's game": 92 5 3
  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 Synonyms: important person
    Sense id: en-king_of_the_hill-en-noun-qdk210w5

Inflected forms

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