Speakur

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give someone an earful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables
give -some-one an ear-ful
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To scold someone loudly.

Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

gives someone an earful (present, singular) giving someone an earful (participle, present) gave someone an earful (past) given someone an earful (participle, past)

Questions

What does give someone an earful mean?
To scold someone loudly.

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