Definition of 頂きます (いただきます)

いた

頂きます

いただきます

itadakimasu

expression
thank you (for the meal just served), I receive (this meal)(usually kana)
Other readings:
いただきます《戴きます》
Related Kanji
place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak
be crowned with, live under (a ruler), receive