K2

[ key-too ]

noun

1. Also called God·win Aus·ten [god, -win , aw, -stin],. a mountain in N Kashmir: highest peak in the Karakoram range and second highest in the world. 28,250 feet (8,611 meters).

Trademark.

1. a brand name for a synthetic cannabis compound.

K2

noun

1. a mountain in the Karakoram Range on the Kashmir-Xinjiang border: the second highest mountain in the world. Height: 8611 m (28 250 ft) Also calledGodwin-AustenDapsang

Word History and Origins

Origin of K2¹

First recorded in 1855-60 K2 fordef 1; 2010 K2 fordef 2; K(arakoram) ( def 1 ) + 2 (because it was the second peak in the range to be measured)

Example Sentences

It took about two weeks to complete, Kroll says, and K2 never worked for Weinstein again.

From Time

For its client in the asbestos industry, K2 sent an operative to infiltrate a group of anti-asbestos activists by pretending to be a documentary filmmaker.

From Time

Using public records and sources in Italy, K2 assembled a dossier on Gutierrez in 2015 that included details of her past relationships, along with other information that could be used to discredit her.

From Time

Under its new leadership, the eponymous firm picked up the case where K2 had left it.

From Time

So it is with Sequoia Schmidt, whose father and brother died on K2, the world’s second-tallest and most dangerous peak.

From Outside Online

In 2011 alone, there were nearly 39,000 trips to the emergency room for K2.

From The Daily Beast

A mere 300 or so people in its 60-year climbing history have successfully summited the 28,252-foot peak of K2.

From The Daily Beast

Unfortunately, the prevailing belief among those who sell K2, on places like herbal-x.

From The Daily Beast

An autopsy report released several days later confirmed that Tucker died of K2.

From The Daily Beast

On October 30 in New York City, a 45-year-old homeless man high on K2 attempted to “surf” on top of a moving subway car.

From The Daily Beast

The ratio k2/k1 for any substance S is found to be equal to the ratio of the solubilities of the substance in the two solvents.

From Project Gutenberg

These with K2 are the highest mountains round the Baltoro Glacier.

From Project Gutenberg

A similar arrangement in K2 controls the connections for the bridge W2.

From Project Gutenberg

It ranks eighth among the mountains of the world, except K2 all the others being in the Nepal Himalayas.

From Project Gutenberg

In this respect it differs from such peaks as K2 and others.

From Project Gutenberg