pique

  1. Noun.  A feeling of enmity between two entities; ill-feeling, animosity.
  2. 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.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
  4. Verb.  (reflexive) To take pride (term, in) ; to pride oneself (term, on) .
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To excite (someone) to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate (a feeling, emotion).
  6. Noun.  In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
  7. Noun.  The chigger or jigger, ''Tunga penetrans''.

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