"piercing" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-piercing.ogg [US] Forms: more piercing [comparative], most piercing [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)sɪŋ Etymology: pierce + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pierce|ing}} pierce + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} piercing (comparative more piercing, superlative most piercing)
  1. Appearing to look deeply into; penetrating. Translations (appearing to look deeply into; penetrating): проницателен (pronicatelen) (Bulgarian), 尖利 (jiānlì) (Chinese Mandarin), läpitunkeva (Finnish), durchdringend (German), stechend (German), pungente (Italian), penetrante (Italian), penetrālis (Latin), punzante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-piercing-en-adj-GtZSLvp- Disambiguation of 'appearing to look deeply into; penetrating': 98 1 1
  2. Of temperature, extremely cold so that it penetrates through clothing and shelter. Categories (topical): Body art Translations (of temperature - extremely cold): пронизващ (pronizvašt) (Bulgarian), beißend (German), penetrante (Italian), kōtaratara (Maori)
    Sense id: en-piercing-en-adj-AJb-lKoK Disambiguation of Body art: 3 31 11 8 17 15 15 Disambiguation of 'of temperature - extremely cold': 2 97 1
  3. Of sound, loud and sharp; shrill. Translations (of sound - shrill): ὀξύφωνος (oxúphōnos) (Ancient Greek), пронизителен (pronizitelen) (Bulgarian), durchdringend (German), schrill (German), strīdulus (Latin), tīkākā (Maori), tīwharawhara (Maori)
    Sense id: en-piercing-en-adj-SINGERTZ Disambiguation of 'of sound - shrill': 5 2 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: armour-piercing, armor-piercing, ear-piercing

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-piercing.ogg [US] Forms: piercings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)sɪŋ Etymology: pierce + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pierce|ing}} pierce + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} piercing (countable and uncountable, plural piercings)
  1. gerund of pierce Tags: countable, form-of, gerund, uncountable Form of: pierce
    Sense id: en-piercing-en-noun-AdHBJ16c
  2. A hole made in the body so that jewellery can be worn through it. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-piercing-en-noun-en:hole_for_jewellery
  3. An item of jewellery designed to be fitted through a piercing (sense 2). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Jewelry Translations (the jewelry itself): пирсинг (pirsing) [masculine] (Bulgarian), lävistys (Finnish), piercing [masculine] (French), piercing [masculine] (Italian), ピアス (piasu) (Japanese), pírcingue [masculine] (Portuguese), piercing [masculine] (Portuguese), pirsin [masculine] (Spanish), pirsing (Turkish), hızma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-piercing-en-noun-en:item_of_jewellery Disambiguation of Jewelry: 7 12 11 9 19 29 13 Disambiguation of 'the jewelry itself': 13 34 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: body piercing, daith piercing, industrial piercing, lip piercing, Madonna piercing, Medusa piercing, Monroe piercing, piercing gun, septum piercing Translations (hole for jewelry): թորիծ (tʻoric) (Armenian), pírcing (Catalan), 刺穿 (cìchuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 穿洞 (chuāndòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 沖孔 (Chinese Mandarin), 冲孔 (chōngkǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), piercing [common-gender] (Dutch), lävistys (Finnish), piercing [masculine] (French), Piercing [neuter] (German), foro [masculine] (Italian), ピアスホール (piasu hōru) (Japanese), piercing [masculine] (Polish), piercing [masculine] (Portuguese), pírcingue [masculine] (Portuguese), пи́рсинг (pírsing) [masculine] (Russian), прока́лывание (prokályvanije) [neuter] (Russian), pirsin [masculine] (Spanish), perforación [feminine] (Spanish), piercing [common-gender] (Swedish), pirsing (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'hole for jewelry': 11 45 45

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-piercing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)sɪŋ Etymology: pierce + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pierce|ing}} pierce + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} piercing
  1. present participle and gerund of pierce Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: pierce
    Sense id: en-piercing-en-verb-9KIEfwFK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 13 2 4 25 3 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 12 3 5 17 9 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 11 15 6 11 16 5 35

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "appearing to look deeply into; penetrating",
      "word": "stechend"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "appearing to look deeply into; penetrating",
      "word": "pungente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "appearing to look deeply into; penetrating",
      "word": "penetrante"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "appearing to look deeply into; penetrating",
      "word": "penetrālis"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "appearing to look deeply into; penetrating",
      "word": "punzante"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pronizvašt",
      "sense": "of temperature - extremely cold",
      "word": "пронизващ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of temperature - extremely cold",
      "word": "beißend"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of temperature - extremely cold",
      "word": "penetrante"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of temperature - extremely cold",
      "word": "kōtaratara"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pronizitelen",
      "sense": "of sound - shrill",
      "word": "пронизителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of sound - shrill",
      "word": "durchdringend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of sound - shrill",
      "word": "schrill"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "oxúphōnos",
      "sense": "of sound - shrill",
      "word": "ὀξύφωνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of sound - shrill",
      "word": "strīdulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of sound - shrill",
      "word": "tīkākā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of sound - shrill",
      "word": "tīwharawhara"
    }
  ],
  "word": "piercing"
}

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