[peek] 
verb, piqued, piqu⋅ing, noun | 1. | to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, esp. by some wound to pride: She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation. |
| 2. | to wound (the pride, vanity, etc.). |
| 3. | to excite (interest, curiosity, etc.): Her curiosity was piqued by the gossip. |
| 4. | to arouse an emotion or provoke to action: to pique someone to answer a challenge. |
| 5. | Archaic. to pride (oneself) (usually fol. by on or upon). |
| 6. | to arouse pique in someone: an action that piqued when it was meant to soothe. |
| 7. | a feeling of irritation or resentment, as from a wound to pride or self-esteem: to be in a pique. |
| 8. | Obsolete. a state of irritated feeling between persons. |
[pi-key, pee-; Fr. pee-key] noun, plural -qués [-keyz; Fr. -key] for 2, adjective | 1. | a fabric of cotton, spun rayon, or silk, woven lengthwise with raised cords. |
| 2. | Ballet. a step in which the dancer steps onto the tip of the toe without bending the knee. |
| 3. | ornamentation by means of punched or stippled patterns, sometimes inlaid with metal, ivory, tortoise shell, etc. |
| 4. | (of glove seams and gloves) stitched through lapping edges. |
| 5. | decorated with inlay: a piqué box. |
| pique (pēk) n. A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride. tr.v. piqued, piqu·ing, piques
[French, a prick, irritation, from Old French, from piquer, to prick, from Vulgar Latin *piccāre, ultimately of imitative origin.] |
| pi·qué (pĭ-kā', pē-) n. A tightly woven fabric with various raised patterns, produced especially by a double warp. [French, past participle of piquer, to quilt, from Old French, to backstitch, prick; see pique.] |
