body piercing

noun

Definition of body piercing

: the practice or an instance of adorning the body with jewelry or ornamentation that penetrates the flesh

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Fourteen percent of Americans had a body piercing (somewhere other than their earlobes) in 2014. — Mary Bernard, Philly.com, "Will that tattoo hurt you professionally? Not if you're a doctor, study finds," 9 July 2018 The gun battle was fought a few feet away from a meat market where Ellis Zahniser, 42, lay critically wounded, his body pierced with five bullets fired by White at close range. — sandiegouniontribune.com, "June 13, 1932: Gunfight in Carlsbad," 13 June 2018 Gwinnett Commissioners voted recently to renew a special use permit for a tattoo and body piercing parlor in the 1000 block of Duluth Highway between McKendree Church Road and Parkside Walk Lane in unincorporated Lawrenceville. — Karen Huppertz, ajc, "Gwinnett commissioners renew Lawrenceville tattoo parlor permit," 7 Feb. 2018 There's also not enough reliable data indicating the number of body piercing complications, the report said. — Meredith Newman, USA TODAY, "Report: More young people have tattoos and piercings than ever before," 20 Sep. 2017

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