piqué /pēˈkā/

1. A stiff corded cotton fabric
2. Inlaid work of gold or silver in point or strip (sometimes with mother-of-pearl) on tortoiseshell or ivory
3. (in snooker, etc) a shot with backspin, made with the cue vertical or nearly so (cf massé)

Made of piqué

piqué work noun

1. Inlaying in piqué
2. Needlework with a raised design made by stitching

pique¹ /pēk/

1. Animosity or ill-feeling
2. Offence taken
3. A feeling of anger or vexation caused by wounded pride
4. Resentment of a slight
5. Dudgeon
6. Point or punctilio (obsolete)

1. To wound the pride of
2. To nettle
3. To arouse, stir, provoke
4. (reflexive) to pride (oneself; with on, upon, or (Boswell) at)

pique² /pēk/

(in piquet) the scoring of 30 points in one hand before the other side scores at all

To score a pique against

To score a pique

pique³ /pēk/ (Browning)

• flower shows
• flowers of tan
• flowers of zinc
• flower-stalk
• flower-stalks
• flowery
• flowery-kirtled
• flowing
• flowingly
• flowingness
• flowingnesses
• flowmeter
• flowmeters
• flown
• flown cover
• flown covers
• flow-on
• flow-ons
• flows
• flow sheet
• flow sheets
• flow-sorted chromosomes
• flowstone
• flowstones
• flox silk