body piercing

American  

noun

body piercings plural

1. the piercing of a part of the body, as the navel, in order to insert an ornamental ring or stud.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• body piercings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of body piercing

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

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body piercing

The Welsh Government says it is monitoring the implementation of mandatory licencing schemes for acupuncture, dry needling, body piercing, electrolysis, tattooing and semi-permanent makeup and this "will inform any potential future extension to other procedures".

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

You can’t get a body piercing other than for earrings without parent consent,” he said.

From Washington Times ● May 2, 2023

Soon enough, Instagram offered up a profile: a body piercing business near Witherspoon’s Landover home.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023

Grunge, along with gangsta rap’s prison chic, punk’s masochism, and heavy metal’s exhibitionism, helped mainstream the use of tattoos, body piercing, and even some limited body cutting, as vehicles for self-expression and individuation.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2015

‘Hang in there. You are not dying from a stupid body piercing.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan