"ear-piercing" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From ear + piercing. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ear|piercing}} ear + piercing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ear-piercing (not comparable)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) Extremely loud (of sound). Tags: idiomatic, informal, not-comparable Synonyms: deafening, ear-splitting Translations (extremely loud): пронизи́телен (pronizítelen) (Bulgarian), korviasärkevä (Finnish), korviavihlova (Finnish), пронзи́тельный (pronzítelʹnyj) (Russian), penetrante (Spanish), taladrante (Spanish), chillón [masculine] (Spanish), pinchante (Spanish), traspasante (Spanish), horadante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ear-piercing-en-adj-psHh1ohI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 53 47

Noun

Forms: ear-piercings [plural]
Etymology: From ear + piercing. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ear|piercing}} ear + piercing Head templates: {{en-noun}} ear-piercing (plural ear-piercings)
  1. A piercing in the ear. Synonyms: ear piercing
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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