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piercer

piercer noun: an instrument that pierces or perforates, such as a stiletto.

Noun

piercer (plural piercers)

  1. An instrument that pierces or perforates, such as a stiletto.
  2. A person who pierces, especially one who carries out body piercing.
    • The piercer must wash his/her hands and put on a fresh pair of surgical gloves for each procedure.2024, David Golinkin, “Is Body Piercing Permitted According To Jewish Law”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 193
  3. The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect.
  4. Any insect provided with an ovipositor.

piercer meaning in Tamil

piercer in Tamil

துளையி

Forms of piercer

pluralpiercers

Origin of piercer

From pierce + -er.

Words formed from piercer

Questions about piercer

What does piercer mean?
Piercer means an instrument that pierces or perforates, such as a stiletto.
What is piercer in Tamil?
Piercer in Tamil is துளையி. See Piercer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is piercer?
Piercer is a noun.
What is the plural of piercer?
The plural of piercer is piercers.

Words near piercer in the dictionary

  1. piercee
  2. piercees
  3. pierceless
  4. piercement
  5. piercements
  6. piercer
  7. piercers
  8. pierces
  9. piercest
  10. pierceth
  11. Pierceville

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Adapted from Wiktionary: piercer (page history and authors); piercer (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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