verb
Meaning 1
To listen attentively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: perk up one's ears, pin one's ears back
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
prick up one's ears
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Sound
Pronunciation
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: qulaq şəkləmək — to listen attentively
- Ngazidja Comorian: ukaza shishio — to listen attentively
- Dutch: zijn oren spitsen — to listen attentively
- Finnish: höristää korviaan — to listen attentively
- French: dresser l'oreille — to listen attentively
- French: tendre l'oreille — to listen attentively
- German: die Ohren spitzen — to listen attentively
- Hungarian: hegyezi a fülét — to listen attentively
- Hungarian: fülel — to listen attentively
- Hungarian: figyel — to listen attentively
- Italian: tendere l'orecchio — to listen attentively
- Old English: ontȳnan ēaran — to listen attentively
- Polish: nadstawiać ucha — to listen attentively
- Polish: nadstawić ucha — to listen attentively
- Russian: навостри́ть у́ши (navostrítʹ úši) — to listen attentively
- Spanish: pararse las orejas — to listen attentively
- Spanish: ponerse las orejas de punta — to listen attentively
- Turkish: kulak kabartmak — to listen attentively
- Turkish: kulak kesilmek — to listen attentively
- Turkish: kulaklarını dikmek — to listen attentively
- Turkish: kulak vermek — to listen attentively