Deafening

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pugging \Pug"ging\, n. [See {Pug}, v. t.]
     1. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make
        it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for
        pottery, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Arch.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under
        the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden
        sound; -- in the United States usually called {deafening}.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deafen \Deaf"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deafened}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Deafening}.] [From {Deaf}.]
     1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to
        render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries.
                                                    --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Arch.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or
        floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining
        with paper, etc.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  deafening \deaf"en*ing\, n.
     The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a
     floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are
     filled in this process; pugging; sound insulation.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  deafening \deaf"en*ing\, a.
     extremely loud; so loud as to cause deafness; as, a disco
     with rock music played at a deafening volume.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deafening
       adj : loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss [syn: {earsplitting},
              {roaring}, {thunderous}, {thundery}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "deafening":
     booming, ear-piercing, ear-rending, ear-splitting, earthshaking,
     forte, fortissimo, full, intense, loud, loud-sounding, loudish,
     pealing, penetrating, piercing, plangent, pungent, reeking,
     resounding, ringing, sonorous, stentoraphonic, stentorian,
     stentorious, thundering, thunderous, tonitruant, tonitruous,
     window-rattling