Meaning

3 senses
  1. (humorous, usually plural)The ear.

    to keep one's earballs open

    up to one's earballs

  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.

Origin

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

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

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