tearing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of tear

adj

1. (colloquial)enormous; of great size or impact

   “a tearing great giant of a man”

2. (colloquial)very hasty

   “a tearing hurry”

   “The gallant young Indian dandies at home on furlough—immense dandies these—chained and moustached—driving in tearing cabs […]”

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
2. (uncountable, usually)Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames.

   “Even in this case, tearing still results if the swap occurs in the middle of a refresh cycle.”

3. (uncountable)continuous shedding of tears; epiphora