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The correct spelling is piques.
How to pronounce piques
noun
IPA: /piːks/
Say it like: Pik-wes
The correct spelling is piques. A feeling of enmity; ill-feeling, animosity; a transient feeling of wounded pride. For example: "I believe this will pique your interest."
Usage Examples
“I believe this will pique your interest.”
Meanings
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.
- 4.In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
- 5.A chigger or jigger, Tunga penetrans.
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.
- 4.To score a pique against.
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