To cut or pass through with or as if with a sharp instrument; stab or penetrate, To make a hole or opening in; perforate, To make a way through, transitive verb_ To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument, to puncture; to break through, to break or interrupt abruptly, verb_ sound sharply or shrilly, move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply, cut or make a way through