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Kuvat 1

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenAU
KieliKäännökset
ruotsiherre på täppan
suomikukkulan kuningas
venäjäцарь горы (tsar gory)

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  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.
  2. (countable) The player in this game who stands atop the hill.
  3. (idiomatic, by extension) A person who is meanwhile in leading position in an ongoing competition.
  4. (idiomatic, by extension) A person who has achieved a measure of success and is considered to be a leader in his field.

Esimerkit

  • He twisted his ankle while playing king of the hill and was not allowed to play again.
  • He was considered a renegade in journalism until he won the Pulitzer Prize, but now he is the king of the hill.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkokings of the hill

(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.

Detail from Pieter Brueghel the Elder's Children's Games