K2

[ key-too ]

noun

Also called God·win Aus·ten [god-win aw-stin], /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/, Dap·sang [duhp-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ . a mountain in N Kashmir: highest peak in the Karakoram range and second highest in the world. 28,250 feet (8,611 meters).

Trademark.

a brand name for a synthetic cannabis compound.

Origin of K2

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

Words Nearby K2

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How to use K2 in a sentence

It took about two weeks to complete, Kroll says, and K2 never worked for Weinstein again.
The World's Most Famous Private Detective Makes No Apologies | Simon Shuster | September 10, 2021 | 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.
The World's Most Famous Private Detective Makes No Apologies | Simon Shuster | September 10, 2021 | 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.
The World's Most Famous Private Detective Makes No Apologies | Simon Shuster | September 10, 2021 | Time
Under its new leadership, the eponymous firm picked up the case where K2 had left it.
The World's Most Famous Private Detective Makes No Apologies | Simon Shuster | September 10, 2021 | Time
So it is with Sequoia Schmidt, whose father and brother died on K2, the world’s second-tallest and most dangerous peak.
A Desperate Need for the Mountains | Outside Editors | March 4, 2021 | Outside Online

In 2011 alone, there were nearly 39,000 trips to the emergency room for K2.
How Pfizer Helped Make ‘Spice,’ The Deadly Fake Pot | Abby Haglage | May 17, 2014 | 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.
Now That Everest Is Closed, Check Out These Other Extreme Adventures | Nina Strochlic | May 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Unfortunately, the prevailing belief among those who sell K2, on places like herbal-x.
When Synthetic Pot Kills | Abby Haglage | November 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
An autopsy report released several days later confirmed that Tucker died of K2.
When Synthetic Pot Kills | Abby Haglage | November 21, 2013 | 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.
When Synthetic Pot Kills | Abby Haglage | November 21, 2013 | 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.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius Stieglitz
These with K2 are the highest mountains round the Baltoro Glacier.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir | Sir James McCrone Douie
A similar arrangement in K2 controls the connections for the bridge W2.
Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man | Francis Gano Benedict
It ranks eighth among the mountains of the world, except K2 all the others being in the Nepal Himalayas.
Kashmir | Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
In this respect it differs from such peaks as K2 and others.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury

British Dictionary definitions for K2

noun

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 called: Godwin-Austen, Dapsang

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