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pierced

[ peerst ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

punctured or perforated, as to form a decorative design:
a pendant in pierced copper.
relating to or being a body part punctured for the purpose of inserting jewelry:
From jungle tribes to desert nomads to royalty, pierced ears were indicators of both beauty and social standing.
relating to or being jewelry attached through a punctured body part: Nude bellies can be enhanced with pierced navel rings.
Pierced earrings cannot be returned or exchanged due to hygiene reasons.
Nude bellies can be enhanced with pierced navel rings.
Heraldry. (of a charge) open at the center to reveal the field:
a lozenge pierced.

Origin of pierced¹

First recorded in 1300–50; pierce, -ed ²

Your HR person is as likely to be as pierced as your barista.

She also commented on what might be her most distinguishing feature, her pierced nose.

As unlucky as Gama was to have been hit, he was incredibly lucky that neither bullet had pierced his skull into his brain.

The blade pierced his liver and diaphragm, missing his heart and aorta by a fraction of an inch.

Instead of blonde and bubbly, the women tend to be tattoed and pierced.

As the bright glow of a little cascade of sparks pierced the darkness, a voice in our rear called sharply: "Hands up!"

The blood rushed in a hot tide into the girl's pale wet face, and yet she shivered as if an arrow had pierced her heart.

An Irish sergeant, on a march, being attacked by a dog, pierced the animal with his halbert.

And again another scripture saith, "They shall look on him whom they pierced."

His face and head was covered with a full mask of thin white rubber, pierced by two slots for eyeholes.

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