Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tearing

/ˈtɛɹ.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: tear-ing
IPA: /ˈtɛɹ.ɪŋ/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tear

adj

enormous; of great size or impact

Colloquial

adj

very hasty

Colloquial

noun

The act by which something is torn; a laceration.

Uncountable

noun

Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames.

Uncountable

noun

continuous shedding of tears; epiphora

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"a tearing great giant of a man"
"a tearing hurry"
"The gallant young Indian dandies at home on furlough—immense dandies these—chained and moustached—driving in tearing cabs […]"
"Even in this case, tearing still results if the swap occurs in the middle of a refresh cycle."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtɛɹ.ɪŋ/
British English: /ˈtɛə.ɹɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

tearings (plural)

Derived Forms

antitearing tearingly

Phrases

display tearing hot tearing screen tearing

Synonyms

fierce vehement violent trigger-happy lacrimation lachrymation watering

Rhymes With

wearing sharing preparing bearing caring staring comparing declaring daring pairing airing repairing

Questions

How do you pronounce tearing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛɹ.ɪŋ/.
What does tearing mean?: present participle and gerund of tear

How to pronounce tearing

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