pieken

Meaning

Noun

plural of piek

Verb

1. (literally) to reach a peak, culminate
2. (figuratively) to climax, (have) reach(ed) the peak (level) etc.
3. (literally) to pick, hack, hit and affect with a pointy instrument, especially a pickaxe
4. (literally) to stick, pin, with a sharp object which may penetrate
5. (figuratively) to sting, hurt
6. (figuratively) to stick out

Etymology

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”).