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What does pique mean?

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Noun
  1. A feeling of enmity between two entities; 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. (obsolete) Keenly felt desire; a longing.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to excite to anger.
  2. (reflexive) To take pride in; to pride oneself on.
  3. (transitive) To excite (someone) to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate (a feeling, emotion); to offend by slighting.
Noun
  1. (card game) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
Verb
  1. (card game) To score a pique against.
Noun
  1. A chigger or jigger, Tunga penetrans.
Noun
  1. A durable ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk.
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