queening

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queening

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(apple): From Middle English quenynges pl, from quene (“queen”) but not completely certain.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of queen

noun queenings

  1. countable Any of several kinds of apple.
  2. countable, uncountable The promotion of a pawn to a queen. Over 1,200 games were examined in detail and 89 queenings were identified in 70 games.
  3. countable, uncountable The sexual practice of facesitting.

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@misc{queening_2026,
  title = {queening},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/queening},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}