ear-piercing

[eer-peer-sing]

adjective

Origin of ear-piercing

First recorded in 1595–1605

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All that Huck Finn innocence was wiped out with one ear-piercing pig-like squeal.
Enough with the Overalls!
Sean Macaulay
April 7, 2010
Is it true that I am the only person who has ever been interviewed twice [ear-piercing whistle] by Playboy?
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview
Alex Belth
February 16, 2014

John appeared at an upper window in answer to the ear-piercing call.
A Son of the City
Herman Gastrell Seely
An ear-piercing scream, which has never since left my memory followed.
By the Barrow River
Edmund Leamy
As I was approaching the barracks of the 11th Company I heard some ear-piercing music from there.
The Duel
A. I. Kuprin
And then there is one ear-piercing crack, one blinding flash, and all is over.
Discipline
Charles Kingsley
There was an ear-piercing clang, and the shield parted down the middle.
A Knyght Ther Was
Robert F. Young