Definitions for piques

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piques pique

Spelling: [peek]

IPA: /pik/

Piques is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in piques (eipqsu).

Definitions for piques

noun

1. a feeling of irritation or resentment, as from a wound to pride or self-esteem:
2. Obsolete. a state of irritated feeling between persons.
3. pic2 .
4. a fabric of cotton, spun rayon, or silk, woven lengthwise with raised cords.
5. Ballet. a step in which the dancer steps onto the tip of the toe without bending the knee.
6. ornamentation by means of punched or stippled patterns, sometimes inlaid with metal, ivory, tortoise shell, etc.
7. the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands and in the play before one's opponent scores a point.
8. the bonus of 30 points won for so scoring.

adjective

1. (of glove seams and gloves) stitched through lapping edges.
2. decorated with inlay:

noun, adjective

1. piqué.

verb (used with object)

1. to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride:
2. to wound (the pride, vanity, etc.).
3. to excite (interest, curiosity, etc.):
4. to arouse an emotion or provoke to action:
5. Archaic. to pride (oneself) (usually followed by on or upon).

verb (used without object)

1. to arouse pique in someone:

Origin of piques

1525-35; Middle French pique (noun), piquer (v.) Vulgar Latin *piccare to pick¹; see pickax,

Examples for piques

Only, you oughtn't to pique a curiosity you don't mean to satisfy.'

The pique will fade in time, but it will inhibit diplomacy for a while.

But like the committee hearing, it was just a nasty show of pique.

Except for a bit of petulance directed toward Stephanopoulos and a bit of pique directed at Huntsman, Romney maintained his cool.

He was used to dealing with pique in women, and had found it the most manageable of weaknesses.

Do they pique themselves upon their courage, their gallantry, and their adventure?

When I quit her Majesty's service it will be neither for pique nor for love.

He is a mild-mannered and generous guy, not the kind of person prone to fits of pique or rage.

This loud display of pique lasted about a week before Fallin quietly reversed herself.

"Surely these gentlemen are scarcely so very anxious about me," said I, in some pique.