Meaning

1 senses

  1. To listen, especially to check.

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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Forms

earballs, earballing, earballed, earballed
Base formearball · to earball
3rd person singularearballs
Present participleearballing
Past simpleearballed
Past participleearballed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyearball
he, she, itearballs

Past simpleLesson

all personsearballed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave earballed
he, she, ithas earballed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill earball

Synonyms

13 synonyms
attendB1listB2mindA2noteA1beheargive earharkharkenheedlend an earbe all earslisten close

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eagleB2earA1earacheB1earbudeardrumearfulearl

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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