1. Percer. Piquer la peau.
2. Enfoncer.
3. Fixer. Piquer un clou.
4. (Familier) Voler. Piquer un portefeuille.
5. Exciter. Piquer la curiosité.
6. (Intrans.) Plonger. Un avion qui pique.
7. (Pron.) Se fâcher. Se piquer pour un rien.
8. (Pron.) Se droguer.
1. To prod or urge as if with a log stick; SYN. prick.
2. To urge with or as if with a goad.
1. To scrape or dig with the claws or nails
2. To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or jagged
3. To scrape or rub lightly (as to relieve itching); to act on (a desire) — used with itch
4. To scrape together; collect with difficulty or by effort
5. To write or draw on a surface
6. To cancel or erase by or as if by drawing a line through; to withdraw (an entry) from competition
7. Scribble, scrawl
8. To scrape along a rough surface
9. To use the claws or nails in digging, tearing, or wounding
10. To scrape or rub oneself lightly (as to relieve itching)
11. To gather money or make a living by hard work and especially through irregular means and sacrifice
12. To make a thin grating sound; to produce a rhythmic scratching sound by moving a phonograph record back and forth under a phonograph needle
13. To withdraw from a contest or engagement
14. To make a scratch in billiards or pool
15. To cut the surface of; wear away the surface of; SYN. scrape, scratch up.
To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.
1. To cut a nick into; SYN. chip.
2. To cut slightly, with a razor; SYN. snick.
3. To divide or reset the tail muscles, as of horses.
4. To mate successfully; of livestock.
To make off with belongings of others; SYN. cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift.
(Homonym: steel).
(Irregular preterit, past participle: stole, stolen).
1. To move stealthily; SYN. slip.
2. To steal a base, in baseball.
3. To take without the owner's consent.
1. To strike with a swiping motion.
2. To strike or wipe with a sweeping motion
3. Steal, pilfer
4. To slide (a card with a magnetic strip or bar code) through a slot in a reading device so that information stored on the strip can be processed (as in making a purchase)