piquer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bite verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
- chit noun A short, informal written note, often used to record a small debt or purchase.
- finagle verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
- jack noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
- lift verb To raise something to a higher position.
- nettle noun A plant covered in tiny stinging hairs that cause an itchy rash when touched.
- nick noun A small cut or notch in a surface, or the exact critical point or moment something happens.
- pilfer verb To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
- poke verb To prod or jab something with a finger or object.
- scratch verb To rub or drag nails, claws, or a sharp point across a surface, especially to relieve an itch or leave a mark.
- smart adjective Intelligent; quick to learn or understand.
- snatch verb To grab something suddenly and quickly.
- sneak verb To move quietly and carefully so as not to be noticed.
- snitch verb To inform on someone, often betraying a friend or group.
- sting noun A sharp pain, or the puncture and injection of venom by an insect or animal.
- stoop verb To bend the body forward and down.
- swipe verb To steal something, often quickly and casually.
Senses
piquer is used for these senses in English:
- chit (transitive, British, dialect) To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.
- finagle (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
- jack (transitive, colloquial) To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
- lift To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- nettle (transitive) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
- nettle (transitive, figurative) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.
- nick (transitive, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, law enforcement, slang) To arrest.
- pilfer (ambitransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
bite — full definition
- verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
- verb To have an unpleasant or harmful effect, often after a delay.
- noun An act of biting, or the mark left by one.
chit — full definition
- noun A short, informal written note, often used to record a small debt or purchase.
- noun A young or somewhat cheeky young person, usually a girl.