tearin

Moving with haste

Tearin is an informal spelling of "tearing," capturing the dropped g of casual speech.

Someone who is tearin it up is performing impressively or causing destruction: She was tearin it up on the dance floor.

To go tearin through something is to move recklessly fast: He went tearin down the highway.

speed

racing

Speed competition sport

flying · barreling · blazing · hurtling · streaking · bolting · dashing · sprinting · careening · whipping

emotional

crying

Emotional tear release

blubbering · welling up · misty-eyed · tearful · watery eyes · breaking down · choking up · sniffling · overcome · distraught

ripping

shredding

Cutting into thin pieces

fraying · tattering · slashing · severing · ragging · destroying · wrecking · mangling · mutilating · lacerating

performing

killing it

Succeeding spectacularly

excelling · nailing it · owning · rocking · shredding · blazing · wrecking · destroying · smoking · burning up

Opposites
speed of movement

tearincrawling

Moving on hands, knees

creeping · plodding · inching · trudging · ambling

urgency and purpose

tearindawdling

Leisurely time-wasting

loitering · lingering · dallying · lollygagging · taking one's time

Phrases
Family

tear, tears, tearing, tearable, tearaway

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G