tearing

Etymology 1

verb

1. 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

noun

1. The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
2. (computer graphics) 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. 2003, David P. Luebke, Level of detail for 3D graphics, page 303

Etymology 2

noun

1. (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora