1. present participle of lance; piercing or cutting with a sharp instrument
Usage: medical
2. moving forward quickly and forcefully

1. sharp and piercing

Examples

• The doctor is lancing the infected wound to drain it.
• She felt a lancing pain in her side.
• The knight came lancing through the forest on his horse.
• A lancing beam of sunlight cut through the clouds.
• The surgeon finished lancing the abscess.
• He experienced lancing headaches all morning.
• The fish went lancing through the water.