earball

plural earballs · alternative ear ball

1. humorousplural normallyThe ear.First known use late 1840s

   up to one's earballs

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   to keep one's earballs open

   My earballs hurt from listening to this.

   “All right, let's get back to Halloween. Anything else that happened that night-- like Deandra getting pregnant?” “Oh, well, that makes sense. Mac slept with her at the party.” “What?” “What are you talking about?” “I'm talking about the sounds of hot, passionate lovemaking... that was coming from the bathroom that I had heard with my own two ear-balls.”

   2010 October 28, Charlie Day & Rob McElhenney, “Who Got Dee Pregnant?” (10:50 from the start), in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 6, episode 7, spoken by Artemis Dubois (Artemis Pebdani)

   “Ha!” “Oh for-- why doesn't everybody just come in here?” “It's O.K., we can hear from out here!” “With our earballs!”

   2011 April 21, Adam Reed, “Double Trouble” (1:52 from the start), in Archer, season 2, episode 13, spoken by Cheryl Tunt (Judy Greer)

   I will occasionally put these [earbuds] in. We've talked occasionally on the channel about my hearing problems, and we'll do another video about protecting your earballs and such […]

   2023 September 25, Deviant Ollam, 6:29 from the start, in Deviant's Travel Bag Breakdown (video), YouTube

   Synonyms: ear, King Lear, listener, lug, shell-like

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.First known use late 2000s

present singular third person earballs · participle present earballing · participle past earballed · past earballed · alternative ear ball

1. transitiveTo listen, especially to check.

   Synonyms: attend, be all ears, behear, give ear, hark, harken, heed, lend an ear