EAR
ADJECTIVES
► BANGLE-EARED having ears that hang loosely → 1567
► BEALED ► BEELED of an ear: infected, abscessed → 1903 Amer. dial.
► CROP-EARED having the ears cropped; esp. in dogs, horses, etc., as a means of identification, and in persons as a punishment → 1530
► GOTCH-EARED having drooping ears → 1905 Amer. dial.
► JUG-EARED having large, protruding ears, likened to jug handles → 1944 colloq.
► LAP-EARED having large, hanging ears → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LATCH-LUG’T having ears which hang down instead of standing erect → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAVE of ears: drooping, hanging → a1400 obs.
► LAVE-EARED having drooping or hanging ears → 1570
► LAVE-LUGGED having long, drooping ears → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LONG-LUGGED having long ears → → 1815 Sc.
► LOPPING of the ears: hanging down → 1685
► PRICK-EARED of a person: having ears made prominent as a result of the hair being short and close-cropped → 1641 obs.
NOUNS
► AUNT NELL the ear; usually as a plural → 2002 UK sl.
► BAKORE large, protruding ears → 1970s S. Afr.
► BANGLE-EAR one hanging loosely or flapping, like a spaniel’s → 1725
► BEAL ► BEEAL an abscess or boil, esp. in the ear → 1942 Amer. dial.
► BEALING an abscess or boil, esp. in the ear → 1824 Amer. dial.
► BONNET-LUG the ear which is more visible when a cap is worn on one side of the head → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOTTLE OF BEER the ear → 1961 UK rhyming sl.
► CABBAGE LEAVES large ears → 1942 US sl.
► CABRACH-SWEETIE a box on the ear → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► CAULIFLOWER EAR an ear swollen by blows → 1896 sl.
► CROP-EAR an ear that has been cropped; hence, a crop-eared animal or person → 1598 obs.
► DALLACH a blow, a box on the ear → 1900 Sc.
► DEADBELL a ringing in the ears → 20C Irish sl.
► DRUM DEPARTMENT the ears → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► EARCLAPPER the ear → 1931-33 Amer. dial.
► EAR-FLAP a person’s ear → 1859 US jocular usage
► EARHOLE an ear → 1923 sl.
► EAR-PIECE an ear → 1980s Black British sl.
► FLAP an ear → World War II Amer. sl.
► FLAPPER the ear → 1933 US sl.
► FLOP the ear → 1945 US sl.
► GLASS OF BEER an ear → 20C rhyming sl.
► HAFFET a blow on the side of the head; a box on the ear → 1808 Sc.
► HARKER an ear → 1941 Amer. dial.
► HEARS the ears → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► JAR-HANDLES large or prominent ears → 19C Eng. dial.
► JUG EARS large, protruding ears; a person with large ears → 1948 colloq.
► JUGHANDLES prominent ears → 1969 UK sl.
► JUGLUGS prominent ears → 1969 UK sl.
► LAGER BEER an ear → 1960s Aust. rhyming sl.
► LANTY-PIE the punishment of having the ears and hair pulled → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAP the ear-lobe → a1400 obs.
► LAP O’ THE LUG the lobe of the ear → 1897 Sc.
► LAPPET a lobe of the ear → 1609
► LISTENER an ear → 1821 sl.
► LOPPING of the ears: a hanging loosely → 1868
► LORDS AND PEERS the ears → 2000s rhyming sl.
► LUG an ear → 1507 sl.
► LUGHOLE an ear → 1895 sl.
► MIKES ears → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NERE an ear → 1483 obs.
► PADDY DREEL a humorous term given to the act of taking a person by the ear (such as a child from his seat to the front of the schoolroom) and marching him along against his inclination → 1958 Sc.
► PICK the tip of the ear → 1904 Amer. dial.
► POLARI LOBE the ear → 2002 UK sl.
► PRICK EARS the ears of a person that are conspicuous by naturally standing out, or through having the hair cut short → 1641 obs.
► RASHER a box on the ear; a slap → 1777 Eng. dial.
► REINDEERS the ears → 1942 Amer. rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► SAILS the ears → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SALAMANDER a slap, a box on the ear → 1948 Sc.
► SAP ear wax → c1440 obs.
► SCLAFF a blow with the palm of the hand or some flat instrument; a slap; a box on the ear; a falling-flat; a clap, a thud → 1866 Sc.
► SCLAFFERT a slap, a blow with the open palm or anything flat; a box on the ear → 1759 Sc.
► SCOUR a blow, stroke, swipe, or box on the ear → 1882 Sc.
► SHELL 1. the outer ear → 1831
2. an ear → 1906 Aust. sl.
► SHELL-LIKE the ear → 1998 Aust. sl.
► SHELL PINK an ear → 1993 Aust. sl.
► SIGHS AND TEARS ears → 1930s US criminals’ rhyming sl.
► SOUND CATCHERS the ears → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SOUSE an ear → 1658
► TAB an ear → 1866 orig. dial.
► TABHOLE the ear → 1968 sl.
► TAPS the ears → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TIB the ear; the tip or lobe of the ear → 1876 Eng. dial.
► TIN EAR an ear swollen by blows → 1923 sl.
► TINKLING the ringing of the ears → 1495
► WATTLES the ears → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WILLIAMSTOWN PIERS ears → 1999 Aust. rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► WOOLWICH PIER an ear → Brit. rhyming sl.
► YEARS the ears → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► YIELD-YOW a violent pressure of the thumb under the lobe of the ear → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► CROP-EAR an ear that has been cropped; hence, a crop-eared animal or person → 1598 obs.
► CURTAL a person whose ears are cropped → 1592 obs.
► DUMBO a person with large ears → M20 US sl., derogatory
► PRICK-EAR a person whose ears protrude conspicuously → 1642
VERBS
► HAVE A HEAD LIKE A MINI WITH THE DOORS OPEN to have protruding ears → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► LAVE of the ears: to droop, to hang down → 1597 obs.
► LUG-HAUL to pull by the ears → 1829
► LULL to pull about by the ears → 1530 obs.
► SCONCE to beat, esp. about the head; to box the ears → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCOUCE to chastise; to beat with the hand; to box the ears → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SING of the ears: to ring, to tingle, to be filled with a humming sound → 1621
► TAKE ONE’S HAND FROM ANOTHER’S HAFFET to slap, to box someone’s ears → 1721 Sc.
► WARM THE EARS to strike or box the ears → 1889 Eng. dial.
► WARM THE WAX OF SOMEONE’S EAR to box someone’s ears → M19 sl.
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