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Definition of piques:

(v) : (transitive) To excite (someone) to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate (an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest).
(v) : (transitive) To wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
(v) : (intransitive) To excite to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest.
(n) : (uncountable) Irritation or resentment awakened by a social injury or slight; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little consideration or thought; (countable) especially in fit of pique: a transient feeling of wounded pride.
(n) : (uncountable) Enmity, ill feeling; (countable) a feeling of animosity or a dispute.
(v) : (intransitive) To take pride in.

Definition of piques:

(v) : (transitive) To excite (someone) to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate (an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest).
(v) : (transitive) To wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
(v) : (intransitive) To excite to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest.
(n) : (uncountable) Irritation or resentment awakened by a social injury or slight; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little consideration or thought; (countable) especially in fit of pique: a transient feeling of wounded pride.
(n) : (uncountable) Enmity, ill feeling; (countable) a feeling of animosity or a dispute.
(v) : (intransitive) To take pride in.

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