Piercing

What do we mean by piercing?

Able or seeming to pierce, as. adjective

Very loud; shrill. adjective

Fixed and intense in appearance. adjective

Causing pain, especially because of cold. adjective

Trenchant; incisive. adjective

Keenly perceptive or intelligent. adjective

A piece of jewelry designed to be worn through a perforation in a body part. noun

The hole through which such a piece of jewelry is worn. noun

Penetration. Specifically noun

In metalworking, the operation of sawing out a pattern or an object from a plate, as distinguished from punching it out. It is done with a jigor band-saw. noun

Penetrating; sharp; keen: as, piercing eyes; a piercing wind.

That touches or moves with pity, alarm, anguish, etc.: as, a piercing cry.

Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively. adjective

Present participle of pierce. verb

The action of the verb to pierce noun

A hole made in the body so that jewellery/jewelry can be worn through it noun

The jewelry itself noun

Anything or anyone that pierces. adjective

Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument adjective

Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions adjective

To puncture; to break through

To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry

To break or interrupt abruptly

To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).

To penetrate; to affect deeply.

Words that are spelled similarly to piercing:
piercing, piecing, peering, tiering, perching, pieing, coercing, amercing, peacing, perking, percina, perving, perming, piercings, vierling, pierino, persing, dierking, spiering, pierini, pierina.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word piercing:
earlobe, frenulum, clitoral, sabot, glans, sucking, clitoris, barbell, labia, navel, eyebrow, nipple, scrotum, urethra, pierced, perforation, genital, septum, veil, jewelry, cartilage, bead, earrings, gauntlet, incendiary, healed, penis, needle, suck, lip, ear, jewellery, gaze, helix, heal, penetrate, tattoo, projectile, healing, tongue, sap, scream, shells, armour, ears, skin, rejection, lips, whistle, pierce, armor, shaft, vertically, explosive, capped, stretching, modification, stimulation, painful, flesh, nose, captive, hood, eyes, darkness, bleeding, inserted, christina, ammunition, curved, complications, bullets, rings, corporate, rounds, holes, placement, tissue, surgical, body, cutting, neck, hollow, wearing, arrow, cultures, decorative, chest, teeth, worn, gauge, infection, procedure, ritual, hole, feeding, guns, insects, weapon, migration.

Words that rhyme with piercing:
amir singh, beer singh, sheer sing, sheer singh, shere sing, shere singh, veer singh, wazir singh.

Adjectives that are often used to describe piercing:
more, most, body, less, ear, armour, genital, heart, all, rotary, cold, sharp, progressive, navel, armor, facial, singularly, actual, deep, hot, sudden, light, multiple, circular, semi, peculiarly, oral, uncommonly, sky, lip, non, successful, accidental, ceremonial, louder, double, shrill, self, blanking, clitoral, shaped, decorative, nose, loud, vertical, surface, painful, brightest, cosmetic, periwinkle, hydraulic, elaborate, nasal, thinner, intricate, erotic, temporary, veil, quatrefoil, corporate, tubular, horizontal, occasional, delicate, button, side.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective piercing:
shells, shell, bullets, projectiles, sucking, rounds, ammunition, cries, bombs, scream, shriek, eyes, shrieks, fife, ceremony, bomb, shot, eye, cry, screams, projectile, bullet, round, sight, peaks, whistle, sound, wail, weapons, guns, screech, voice, yells, cold, note, moths, mountains, arrows, yell, noise, type, tones, ritual, howl, sounds, notes, rockets, gaze, spear, squeal, rivets, vision, missiles, points, ceremonies, foils, whistles, ammo, peak, pain, warhead, wind, judgment, instruments, lamentation, joy, incendiary, pyramid, blast, blasts, gun, voices, wails, glance, look, anguish, beams, grief, tenderness, towers, capability, cliffs, faculty, hydrofoils, music, call, bee, summons, summits, moth, mountain, summit, capabilities, sagacity.

Consonant match to piercing:
parsing.

Words that sound like piercing:
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