Definition of "piquing" [piquing]

• Present participle of pique. (verb)

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• "Harry continued her first object for some little time, but soon the idea of piquing him was merely an excuse for coquetry."
• "From purely a sales standpoint- that is, getting butts in movie seats, it gives you a big head start on piquing the audience's interest, or so the thinking goes."
• "I'll cop to clicking -- HuffPost did an excellent job piquing my interest."