Betekenis van piercing In het Nederlands

• 0 going through or into something:

  • Troops have been issued with new armour-piercing anti-tank grenades.

  • We shivered in the piercing wind.

  • piercing screams

  • She hadn't really meant to lie, but their piercing questions had forced her to.

  • Sherlock Holmes gave him a piercing glance.

  • He looked straight at me with his piercing blue eyes.

• 1 a hole made in the body for wearing jewellery:

  • He has several tattoos and multiple piercings.

  • a belly button/nose piercing

  • They offer ear piercing, facials, massage, and manicures.

• 2 feeling or seeming very sharp or powerful:

  • He had piercing blue eyes.

  • She let out a piercing (= loud) shriek.