A pierced earring.
To penetrate; to affect deeply.
To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
to break or interrupt abruptly
To puncture; to break through.
A medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron.
The act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.
A route of administration for some vaccinations and tests: rather than hypodermic injection, the site is inoculated intradermally not with any injection but rather only with small, shallow pricks or scratches; the needle is not hollow.
The scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification.