pique
- Noun. A feeling of enmity between two entities; ill-feeling, animosity.
- Noun. 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.
- Verb. (transitive) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
- Verb. (reflexive) To take pride (term, in) ; to pride oneself (term, on) .
- Verb. (transitive) To excite (someone) to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate (a feeling, emotion).
- Noun. In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
- Noun. The chigger or jigger, ''Tunga penetrans''.
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