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Earball

//ˈɪə.bɔːl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The ear. humorous, plural-normally

    "to keep one's earballs open"

  2. 2
    The act or an instance of listening.
  3. 3
    A small ball kept in position in the ear and pressed when needed to relieve stress.
Verb
  1. 1
    To listen, especially to check. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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