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jug ears

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Ears whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, plural, plural-only

Examples

  • 2007, "The Next Crusade", John Cassidy, The New Yorker, September 4 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/09/070409fa_fact_cassidy. Wolfowitz, who is sixty-three, has jug ears, hazel eyes, a furrowed brow, and thinning gray hair that he combs to the right. -

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Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 招风耳 (zhāofēng'ěr) — markedly outward sticking ears
  • Dutch: flaporen — markedly outward sticking ears
  • Finnish: hörökorvat — markedly outward sticking ears
  • German: Segelohren — markedly outward sticking ears
  • Portuguese: orelhas de abano — markedly outward sticking ears