transpierce
verb
trans·pierce tran(t)s-ˈpirs 
transpierced; transpiercing; transpierces
transitive verb
: to pierce through : penetrate
Synonyms
- gore
- harpoon
- impale
- jab
- lance
- peck
- pick
- pierce
- pink
- puncture
- run through
- skewer
- spear
- spike
- spit
- stab
- stick
- transfix
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Example Sentences
pins used for transpiercing specimens kept under glass
Word History
Etymology
Middle French transpercer, from Old French, from trans- (from Latin) + percer to pierce
First Known Use
1592, in the meaning defined above
transpiercing
verb
as in stabbing
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object pins used for transpiercing specimens kept under glass Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- stabbing
- piercing
- picking
- jabbing
- puncturing
- sticking
- running through
- spitting
- pecking
- spiking
- harpooning
- transfixing
- goring
- poking
- pinking
- impaling
- punching
- spearing
- lancing
- skewering
- slicing
- pinpricking
- gimleting
- perforating
- spindling
- dirking
- pronging
- cutting
- riddling
- thrusting
- poniarding
- bayoneting
- piking
- pricking
- quilling
- bayonetting
- knifing