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tearing

'tєәriŋ6 senses · 252 ms
Level C2
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verb/ˈtɛə.ɹɪŋ//ˈtɛɹ.ɪŋ/
  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of tearform-ofgerundparticiple

adj/ˈtɛə.ɹɪŋ//ˈtɛɹ.ɪŋ/
  1. 1

    enormous; of great size or impactcolloquial

    • a tearing great giant of a man
  2. 2

    very hastycolloquial

    • a tearing hurry
noun/ˈtɛə.ɹɪŋ//ˈtɛɹ.ɪŋ/
  1. 1

    The act by which something is torn; a laceration.uncountableusually

  2. 2

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

    • Even in this case, tearing still results if the swap occurs in the middle of a refresh cycle.
noun/ˈtɪə.ɹɪŋ//ˈtɪɹ.ɪŋ/
  1. 1

    continuous shedding of tears; epiphorauncountable

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