Translation
to prick, to sting; to prod
Word origin
From French piquer ('to prick, to sting'), a verb of Vulgar Latin origin that also gave English pike and piquant. The same root sits behind the sharp taste and the sharp point alike.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- piquer
- English cognates
- pique, piquant, pike
Examples
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The sharp stone pricked my foot.
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The cold wind stung his face.
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Something stung me on the hand.
One narrow point doing damage, whether it is a thorn, an insect or cold air: that is the whole range of . It is not , which needs an edge rather than a point, and it is milder than - a sting is not a wound.
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