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body piercings

body piercings is the plural of body piercing.

Meaning of body piercing

Noun

body piercing (countable and uncountable, plural body piercings)

  1. (uncountable) The practice of making an opening in part of the flesh and attaching rings, small barbells or varios other decoration through it.
    • He finds body piercing to be a satisfying occupation.
  2. (countable) An opening made in the flesh through the above practice.
    • I have a number of body piercings that would make a nun shiver.

Questions about body piercings

What is body piercings the plural of?
Body piercings is the plural of body piercing.

Words near body piercings in the dictionary

  1. body paintings
  2. body paints
  3. body part
  4. body parts
  5. body piercing
  6. body piercings
  7. body pillow
  8. body pillows
  9. body plan
  10. body plans
  11. body politic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: body piercings (page history and authors); body piercing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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