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piercingness
boring
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piercingly
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poignant
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septum ring
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cutting
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belly button ring
belly ring
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shriek
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multiple
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guillotine
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plug
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javelin
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clout
chafe
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rapierlike
wimble
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brad
captive bead ring
ligation
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broddle
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tongue ring
blowout
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hanky
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pinprick
Medusa piercing
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chafe
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wimble
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taw
lance
verb
- To form by piercing or puncturing.
- To pierce or puncture slightly.
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
- To aim at a point or mark.
- To incite, stimulate, goad.
- To shoot without killing.
- To make acidic or pungent.
- To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
- To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
noun
- The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- A small pointed object.
- The footprint of a hare.
- The penis.
- Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
- A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
- A feeling of remorse.
- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
adj
- Piercing, sharp.
- Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful.
- Of a beverage: half-sized.
- That is used for cutting.
noun
- A section removed from a larger whole.
- The editing of film or other recordings.
- An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
- A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
- The action of the verb to cut.
- The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
- A newspaper clipping.
- An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
adj
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
adv
adj
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- ending in a sharp point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- harsh
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- dangerously steep
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
- quick and forceful
noun
noun
- A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
- A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
- Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
- A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
- A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
- A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
- A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
- The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
- Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
verb
noun
- More than one piercing in a single ear.
- A whole number that can be divided by another number with no remainder.
- One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
- A single individual who has multiple personalities.
- One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.
- A discovery resulting from the work of many people throughout history, not merely the work of the person who makes the final connection.
- Price-earnings ratio.
- A chain store.
adj
verb
- To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
- To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
- To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
- To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
noun
- A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.
- A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.
- A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously.
- An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
- A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
verb
- To pierce or be pierced with quills.
- To subject (a woman who is giving birth) to the practice of quilling (blowing pepper into her nose to induce or hasten labor).
- To decorate with quillwork.
- To form fabric into small, rounded folds.
- To write.
noun
- Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
- The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.
- The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
- A thin piece of bark, especially of cinnamon or cinchona, curled up into a tube.
- The tube of a musical instrument.
- A pen made from a feather.
- A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators.
- The pen of a squid.
- Any pen.
noun
- A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
- A promotion (act of promoting) a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing (concept, etc), for example during an interview or a commercial.
- A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
- A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
- An electric socket: wall plug.
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
- A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- A high, tapering silk hat.
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
- A drug dealer.
- A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- A worthless horse.
- A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
verb
verb
- To be worn by rubbing.
- To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
- To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- To fret and wear by rubbing.
- To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
noun
verb
- To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
- To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
- To fasten or bind with a strap.
noun
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
- The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- Synonym of strapline
- A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
- A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
verb
- To attach using a brad.
- To upset the end of a rod inserted in a hole so as to prevent it from being pulled out, as when riveting.
noun
- A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
- A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
verb
- To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- simple past tense of bear
- To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- To make a hole through something.
- To inspire boredom in somebody.
- simple past tense of bare
noun
- Something dull or uninteresting.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Calibre; importance.
- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- The place where such a well exists.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
verb
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- put, fix, force, or implant
- stay put (in a certain place)
- stick to firmly
- be or become fixed
- endure
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- be loyal to
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- be a mystery or bewildering to
noun
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- informal terms for the leg
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- threat of a penalty
noun
- The act of tying or binding something.
- A piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece on woodwind instruments.
- The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness.
- A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature.
- A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase.
- A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct.
- Impotence caused by magic or charms.
- A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.
- A thread or wire used to remove tumours, etc.
verb
verb
verb
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
noun
- An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.
- A large or extravagant meal.
- A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
- The blurring of a tattoo due to ink penetrating too far into the skin and dispersing.
- A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.
- A sporting contest that is decidedly one-sided and whose outcome is no longer in doubt.
- An argument; an altercation.
- A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
- A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
- An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
- The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
- An instance of having one's hair blow-dried and styled.
verb
- To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
- To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
- To thrust in a stabbing motion.
- To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
- To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
- To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
- To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
noun
- The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
- A wound made by stabbing.
- An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
- Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
- Criticism.
- An attempt.
- A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
- A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.
verb
- To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
- To shoot a marble.
- To beat; to scourge.
- To push; to tug; to tow.
- To turn (animals' hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.
noun
noun
- A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).
- A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501).
- A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.
- A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope or cable.
- Witch.
verb
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