D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Piercing

/pĭr'-sĭng/ · Pier·cing · IPA /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/
01 a. Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrum…
  1. 1.
    Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust.