crowning
adjective
[ ˈkraʊnɪŋ ]
• forming the triumphant culmination of an effort or endeavour.
• "the crowning moment of a worthy career"
crown
verb
• ceremonially place a crown on the head of (someone) in order to invest them as a monarch.
• "he went to Rome to be crowned"
• rest on or form the top of.
• "the distant knoll was crowned with trees"
• be the triumphant culmination of (an effort or endeavour, especially a prolonged one).
• "years of struggle were crowned by a state visit to Paris"
Similar:
round off,
top off,
cap,
be the culmination of,
be the climax of,
be a fitting climax to,
add the finishing touch(es) to,
perfect,
consummate,
complete,
conclude,
• fit a crown to (a tooth).
• "simple fillings no longer suffice and the tooth has to be crowned"
• hit on the head.
• "she contained the urge to crown him"
Similar:
hit over the head,
hit on the head,
hit,
strike,
buffet,
bang,
knock,
thwack,
slug,
welt,
cuff,
punch,
smash,
concuss,
stun,
brain,
skull,
bop,
clonk,
clout,
sock,
biff,
wallop,
bash,
plug,
lam,
deck,
floor,
clock,
cosh,
slosh,
dot,
stick one on someone,
bean,
conk,
ding,
boff,
bust,
whale,
dong,
quilt,
smite,
swinge,
• (of a baby's head during labour) fully appear in the vaginal opening prior to emerging.
• "I was able to see our baby's head crowning"
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French corune (noun), coruner (verb), Old French corone (noun), coroner (verb), from Latin corona ‘wreath, chaplet’.
crowning glory
• the best and most notable aspect of something.
• "the scene is the crowning glory of this marvellously entertaining show"
