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earball

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɪə.bɔːl

Definitions

  1. The ear.
    humorous, plural-normally
  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.

Examples

“to keep⟳ one's earballs open⟳”
“up to one's earballs”
“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.””
““Ha!” “Oh for-- why doesn't everybody just come⟳ in here?” “It's O.K., we can hear⟳ from out here!” “With our earballs!””
“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 […]”
“Spotify won't miss⟳ tonight. Just fondling my earballs perfectly”
“Is explode⟳ a transitive verb? It sounds weird to my earballs.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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