Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pricking one's ears

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables
prick-ing one's ears
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of prick one's ears

Questions

What does pricking one's ears mean?
present participle and gerund of prick one's ears

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