shredding

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛdɪŋ

Noun

shredding (countable and uncountable, plural shreddings)

1. The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
2. That which is cut or torn off; a piece.
   • 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

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

3. (music, uncountable) A style of very fast and very complex guitar playing.

Verb

shredding

1. present participle and gerund of shred