piercing
pier
ˈpÉĒr
pir
cing
sÉĒng
sing
/pˈi‍əsÉĒŋ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "piercing"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏāĻŋāĻ‚, āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ—āϝāĻŧāύāĻž

a piece of jewelry designed to be worn in a body piercing, such as earrings, nose rings, or other decorative items
piercing definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His favorite piercing was a small diamond stud in his ear.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻšā§€āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻĄāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ

a hole made in the body for the insertion of jewelry, typically in the ear, nose, or other areas
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Body piercings have become a popular form of self-expression.
āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ-āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϭ⧇āĻĻāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀, āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ

(of sound) extremely high-pitched or intense that seems to cut through other sounds
piercing definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her piercing voice could be heard over the noisy crowd.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻŖā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ āϕ⧋āϞāĻžāĻšāϞāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻļā§‹āύāĻž āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ, āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ

impactful and sharp, displaying keen insight or perceptiveness
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She gave a piercing analysis that shifted the entire discussion.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϭ⧇āĻĻāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϭ⧇āĻĻāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀, āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ

having a harsh, biting quality, often used to describe cold or wind that feels overwhelmingly intense
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We huddled together, trying to escape the piercing wind that swept across the field.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ  āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
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āϭ⧇āĻĻāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀, āĻšā§ƒāĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻ•

having an intense, sharp emotional impact
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His piercing regret lingered long after the argument ended.
āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āĻ“ āϤāĻžāϰ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§‹āϚāύāĻž āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻ•āĻžāϞ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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