"body piercing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: body piercings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} body piercing (countable and uncountable, plural body piercings)
  1. (uncountable) The practice of making an opening in part of the flesh and attaching rings, small barbells or varios other decoration through it. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Body art
    Sense id: en-body_piercing-en-noun-5tBj3Rsi Disambiguation of Body art: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15
  2. (countable) An opening made in the flesh through the above practice. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Body art
    Sense id: en-body_piercing-en-noun-Ow0GAJkA Disambiguation of Body art: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: body jewelry, genital piercing, industrial piercing, surface piercing Translations (the hole): 體環 /体环 (tǐhuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 人體穿孔 /人体穿孔 (réntǐ chuānkǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), 身體穿洞 /身体穿洞 (shēntǐ chuāndòng) (Chinese Mandarin), kehonlävistys (Finnish), piercing [masculine] (French), пи́рсинг (pírsing) [masculine] (Russian) Translations (the practice): 體環 /体环 (tǐhuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 人體穿孔 /人体穿孔 (réntǐ chuānkǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), 身體穿洞 /身体穿洞 (shēntǐ chuāndòng) (Chinese Mandarin), kehonlävistys (Finnish), piercing [masculine] (French), пи́рсинг (pírsing) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'the hole': 45 55 Disambiguation of 'the practice': 52 48

Inflected forms

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