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PIQUES

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/piːks/

Extended Definitions

noun

  1. A feeling of enmity; ill-feeling, animosity; a transient feeling of wounded pride.
  2. A feeling of irritation or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little thought or consideration.
  3. Keenly felt desire; a longing.

verb

  1. To wound the pride of; to excite to anger.
  2. To take pride in; to pride oneself on.
  3. To stimulate (a feeling, emotion); to offend by slighting; to excite (someone) to action by causing resentment or jealousy.

noun

  1. In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.

verb

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Dictionary Definition

<pique=v>

Letter Values

P3
I1
Q10
U1
E1
S1
= 17