shredding

or shread·ing

[ shred-ing ]

noun

1. furring attached to the undersides of rafters.

Other Words From

• non·shredding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of shredding¹

First recorded in 1660–70; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

However, Nickel Creek consists of four truly exceptional musicians, and three of them are singing complex harmonies while shredding on mandolin, violin and guitar, respectively.

From Los Angeles Times

Someone from HR was present for all this shredding, she says.

From BBC

Harrods agreed she could leave and it would pay a sum of money in exchange for her shredding all evidence and signing an NDA.

From BBC

When Roy Richards spotted workers cutting down and shredding Joshua trees for a sprawling solar energy project near his Mojave Desert home last week, he started taking photos.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, amid nationwide protests over what the U.N. special rapporteur and others have called Israel’s genocide in Gaza, it’s shredding that reputation with reckless and unsupported accusations of antisemitism.

From Los Angeles Times

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