PSA announcement: peak vs pique

[Lone Woof]

"Peak" as a noun means the top of something, as in the peak of a mountain. As a verb, it means to reach the highest point, as in "hula hoop popularity peaked in the 1960s."

"Pique" as a verb can mean to stimulate interest or curiosity, or to irritate or provoke. Meriam Webster says "to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff."

 

[Ebidis]

This thread has peaked my interest.

 

[stratobiker]

ca pique…..it stings.
fwiw…..cycling hard up a hill in France cyclists will say…merde, ca pique ca….sh1t that stings.

 

[monte merrick]

piquant etymology

 

[Lone Woof]

ca pique…..it stings.
fwiw…..cycling hard up a hill in France cyclists will say…merde, ca pique ca….sh1t that stings.

In a similar Euro vein, the guy in bullfights who rides a horse and jabs the bull with a lance is called the Picador.

 

[Neil.C]

"Peak" as a noun means the top of something, as in the peak of a mountain. As a verb, it means to reach the highest point, as in "hula hoop popularity peaked in the 1960s."

"Pique" as a verb can mean to stimulate interest or curiosity, or to irritate or provoke. Meriam Webster says "to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff."

Or you can take a "peek".

 

[Cerb]

This thread has peaked my interest.

Watch it, or I'll pique you with the end of a very long stick!

 

[StratUp]

This thread piques me. I'll not be posting in it again.

 

[Andmyaxe]

I complement you're efforts to insure proper grammer. Hopefully it illicits the desired affect.

 

[Hanson]

I had to peek at this thread.

 

[nadzab]

 

[AncientAx]

!

 

[fos1]

You have piqued my interest.

 

[eoms]

Gerard Piqué (Spanish football player) is married to Shakira.

 

[Guitarmageddon]

I always wanted to do the Pikes Pique hill climb

 

[Guitarchaeologist]

Gerard Piqué (Spanish football player) is married to Shakira.

Shakira... now my interest in peeked/peaked/piqued.

 

[Andmyaxe]

When I lived in Italy, a friend who was an Italian historian told me and several other friends that the origin of "picante" (Italian and Spanish for spicy) is that it "p*icks" at the mouth. He didn't seem to understand the chuckles he got from all the native English speaking friends in the group. Little did he know we learned two word origins that day.

 

[circles]

 

[jayoldschool]

Discussing this is probably a moo point.

 

[Hydr0]

"Peak" as a noun means the top of something, as in the peak of a mountain. As a verb, it means to reach the highest point, as in "hula hoop popularity peaked in the 1960s."

"Pique" as a verb can mean to stimulate interest or curiosity, or to irritate or provoke. Meriam Webster says "to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff."