tearing
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tearing¹
- /ˈtɛə.ɹɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈtɛɹ.ɪŋ/ US
Rhymes with -ɛəɹɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of tear
adjective
- enormous; of great size or impact a tearing great giant of a man
- very hasty a tearing hurry
noun tearings
- The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
- Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames. Even in this case, tearing still results if the swap occurs in the middle of a refresh cycle.
tearing²
- /ˈtɪə.ɹɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈtɪɹ.ɪŋ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪəɹɪŋ
noun
- continuous shedding of tears; epiphora
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: vehement, intense, fierce, violent, lacrimation, lachrymation, watering, breaking, flowing, ripping, booting, destroying, restarting, shredding, slashing, lacerating
Talk about this word "tearing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tearing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tearing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tearing "tearing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tearing.Cite this
@misc{tearing_2026,
title = {tearing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tearing},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
