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piercing
English
Etymology
pierce +? -ing
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??s??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??s??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s??
- Hyphenation: piercing
Verb
piercing
- present participle of pierce
Noun
piercing (countable and uncountable, plural piercings)
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to pierce.
- A hole made in the body so that jewellery/jewelry can be worn through it.
- ear piercing
- An item of jewelry designed to be fitted through a piercing.
Translations
Adjective
piercing (comparative more piercing, superlative most piercing)
- Appearing to look deeply into; penetrating.
- piercing eyes
- Of temperature, extremely cold so that it penetrates through clothing and shelter.
- Of sound, loud and sharp; shrill.
- The piercing noise of the children could be heard two blocks from the elementary school.
Derived terms
- armour-piercing, armor-piercing
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English piercing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pi?r.s??/
- Hyphenation: pier?cing
Noun
piercing m (plural piercings, diminutive piercinkje n)
- piercing (ornament)
Derived terms
- lippiercing
- navelpiercing
- neuspiercing
- tepelpiercing
- wenkbrauwpiercing
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English piercing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pj??.si?/
Noun
piercing m (plural piercings)
- a piercing
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English piercing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pir.sin?/, /?pir.sin/
- Hyphenation: pier?cing
Noun
piercing m (invariable)
- piercing (jewellery worn through a hole in the skin or tongue)
Polish
Etymology
From English piercing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?ir.sink/
Noun
piercing m inan
- piercing (jewellery worn through a hole in the skin or tongue)
Declension
Further reading
- piercing in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- piercing in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English piercing.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?pi?.s?/
Noun
piercing m (plural piercings)
- piercing (jewellery worn through a hole in the skin or tongue)
Usage notes
Earrings (brincos) are not considered piercings.
Spanish
Etymology
From English piercing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pi?sin/, [?pi?.s?n]
Noun
piercing m (plural piercings)
- piercing
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English piercing.
Noun
piercing c
- piercing (body art)
Declension
Derived terms
- ansiktspiercing
- kroppspiercing
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chill
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English chil, chile, from Old English ?iele (“cold; coldness”), from Proto-Germanic *kaliz. Merged with Middle English chele, from Old English c?le (“cold; coldness”), from Proto-Germanic *k?liz, *k?l?? (“coolness; coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold”). Related to German Low German Köle, German Kühle, Danish køle, Swedish kyla, Icelandic kylur. Compare also Dutch kil (“chilly; frosty; frigid”). See also cool, cold.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
chill (countable and uncountable, plural chills)
- A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
- A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
- An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
- An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it..
- The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
- Calmness; equanimity.
- A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
Translations
Adjective
chill (comparative more chill, superlative most chill)
- Moderately cold or chilly.
- Unwelcoming; not cordial.
- (slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
- (slang) "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
- Synonym: cool
- (slang) Okay, not a problem.
Translations
Verb
chill (third-person singular simple present chills, present participle chilling, simple past and past participle chilled)
- (transitive) To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
- (intransitive) To become cold.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
- (intransitive, metallurgy) To become hard by rapid cooling.
- (intransitive, slang) To relax, lie back.
- (intransitive, slang) To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group.
- Synonym: chill out
- (intransitive, slang) To smoke marijuana.
- (transitive, figuratively) To discourage, depress.
Translations
Derived terms
References
- chill in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- chill in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Etymology 2
From ch- +? will, from ich + will.
Alternative forms
- ch'ill, 'chill
Contraction
chill
- (West Country, obsolete) I will
- 1588, anon. or William Byrd, "Though Amaryllis Daunce in Greene"
- Yet since their eyes make hart so sore, hey ho, chill love no more.
- Synonym: I'll
- 1588, anon. or William Byrd, "Though Amaryllis Daunce in Greene"
Irish
Noun
chill
- Lenited form of cill.
Middle English
Etymology
See ch-.
Verb
chill
- I will
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English chill.
Adjective
chill
- (slang) cool
Verb
chill
- imperative of chille
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
chill
- Lenited form of cill.
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