Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
tearing en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɛə.ɹɪŋ/ (UK)
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- /ˈtɛɹ.ɪŋ/ (US)
Meanings
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(colloquial) enormous; of great size or impact
a tearing great giant of a man
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(colloquial) very hasty
The gallant young Indian dandies at home on furlough—immense dandies these—chained and moustached—driving in tearing cabs […]
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:a tearing hurry
tearing en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɛə.ɹɪŋ/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- (US) audio
- /ˈtɛɹ.ɪŋ/ (US)
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
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(uncountable, usually) 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.
2003, David P. Luebke, Level of detail for 3D graphics, page 303:
Forms
Deriveds
screen tearing · tearingly · display tearing · antitearing · hot tearing
Translations (1)
kix yāihyāih (sound produce when ripping clothes or flat sheets)
tearing en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɛə.ɹɪŋ/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- (US) audio
- /ˈtɛɹ.ɪŋ/ (US)
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of tear
tearing en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtɪɹ.ɪŋ/ (US)
- /ˈtɪə.ɹɪŋ/ (UK)
Meanings
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(uncountable) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora