earball
/ˈɪəɹ.bɔl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small ball kept in position in the ear and pressed when needed to relieve stress.
Example Sentences
- "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 […]"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪəɹ.bɔl/
- British English: /ˈɪə.bɔːl/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.