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earball

noun
/ˈɪə.bɔːl/UK/ˈɪəɹ.bɔl/US/ˈɪəɹ.bɑl/

Etymology

From ear + ball. Noun sense 1 and the verb are modeled after eyeball.

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻
  2. derived from *bʰélō✻
  3. inherited from *balluz✻
  4. derived from bǫllr
  5. inherited from *beall✻
  6. inherited from bal
  7. compounded as earball — “ear + ball”

Definitions

  1. The ear.

    • to keep one's earballs open
    • up to one's earballs
    • My earballs hurt from listening to this.

  2. The act or an instance of listening.

  3. A small ball kept in position in the ear and pressed when needed to relieve stress.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To listen, especially to check.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA