Definition of EARBALL

earball

Plural: earballs

Noun

  • The ear.
  • The act or an instance of listening.
  • A small ball kept in position in the ear and pressed when needed to relieve stress.

Verb

  • To listen, especially to check.

Examples

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

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

King Lear, attend, be all ears, behear, ear, earball, give ear, hark, harken, heed, lend an ear, list, listen close, listener, lug, mind, note, shell-like

Scrabble Score: 9

earball: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
earball: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
earball: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 0

earball: not valid in Words With Friends