piercing
verbEtymology
From pierce + -ing.
- derived from pertūsus
- derived from *pertūsiō✻
- derived from percier
- inherited from perce
Definitions
present participle and gerund of pierce
gerund of pierce
A hole made in the body so that jewellery can be worn through it.
- ear piercing
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An item of jewellery designed to be fitted through a piercing (noun sense 2).
Appearing to look deeply into
Appearing to look deeply into; penetrating.
- piercing eyes
Of temperature, extremely cold so that it penetrates through clothing and shelter.
Of sound, loud and sharp
Of sound, loud and sharp; shrill.
- The piercing noise of the children could be heard two blocks from the elementary school.
- In the meantime the saw was stopped and two of the men began filing and sharpening the blades, which produced such a piercing sound that it went through bone and marrow.
The neighborhood
Derived
body piercing, Christina piercing, daith piercing, industrial piercing, lip piercing, Madonna piercing, Medusa piercing, Monroe piercing, Nefertiti piercing, nose piercing, piercing gun, septum piercing, armour-piercing, armor-piercing, ear-piercing, nonpiercing, piercingly, piercingness, unpiercing
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at piercing. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at piercing. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at piercing
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA