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pieken.

to reach a peak, culminate

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to reach a peak, culminate

    literally
  2. to climax, (have) reach(ed) the peak (level) etc.

    figuratively
  3. to pick, hack, hit and affect with a pointy instrument, especially a pickaxe

    literally
  4. to stick, pin, with a sharp object which may penetrate

    literally
  5. to sting, hurt

    figuratively
  6. to stick out

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From French pic (“sharp point or spike”) (possibly from Latin picus (“woodpecker”)) and/or pique, its descendant via piquer (“to pick, sting, stab”)); the verb may, in some senses, derive from cognate synonym pikken (“to pick, hack”).

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