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piercing::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, sharp |
Examples of piercing
piercing
They generally feed on tender new growth with their piercing-sucking mouthparts.
From the post-gazette.com
To be safe, Fonacier recommends that children avoid piercing until after age 10.
From the newsweek.com
First, it's just clattering and whining, then the piercing sound of a toy flute.
From the abcnews.go.com
It takes a social commentator of Rich's piercing insight to notice such a thing?
From the scienceblogs.com
His piercing, unblinking deep-chestnut eyes spoke of the Spanish soul's passion.
From the time.com
The fatal wound penetrated 7cm into Mr Williams'chest, piercing his heart twice.
From the themercury.com.au
It shoots through my calf muscle exploding in my thigh and then piercing my hip.
From the forbes.com
Then I notice that piercing the monochrome is the red tiled roof of a bungalow.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Hood, a muscular 6-footer with piercing eyes, favors fearless drives to the hoop.
From the boston.com
- Acute: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
- Cutting: painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"
- (piercingly) extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold"
- (piercingly) shrilly: in a shrill voice; "she sang rather shrilly"
- (pierced) having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon"
- Body piercing, a form of body modification, is the practice of puncturing or cutting a part of the human body, creating an opening in which jewellery may be worn. The word piercing can refer to the act or practice of body piercing, or to an opening in the body created by this act or practice. ...
- Blanking and piercing are shearing processes in which a punch and die are used to modify webs. The tooling and processes are the same between the two, only the terminology is different: in blanking the punched out piece is used and called a blank; in piercing the punched out piece is scrap. ...
- Piercing is a novel by Ryu Murakami. Originally published in Japanese in 1994, it was translated and published in English by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2008.
- (Pierced (Beavis and Butt-head episode)) The following is an episode list for the MTV animated television series Beavis and Butt-head. ...
