shredding

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noun

The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.

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Meanings

nounshredding (countable and uncountable, plural shreddings)

plural shreddings

  1. countableuncountableThe act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
  2. countableuncountableThat which is cut or torn off; a piece.

    It hath a number of short cuts or shreddings, which may be better called wishes than prayers.

    [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
  3. uncountableentertainmentA style of very fast and very complex guitar playing.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of shred

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shredding

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APA

shredding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shredding

MLA

“shredding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shredding. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shredding,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shredding.

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