i Register
In some senses, tearing is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
enormous; of great size or impact
a tearing great giant of a man
very hasty
a tearing hurry
The gallant young Indian dandies at home on furlough—immense dandies these—chained and moustached—driving in tearing cabs […]
noun
The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames.
Even in this case, tearing still results if the swap occurs in the middle of a refresh cycle.
noun
continuous shedding of tears; epiphora