earball

Plural: earballs

Noun

• The ear.
• The act or an instance of listening.
• A small ball kept in position in the ear and pressed when needed to relieve stress.

Verb

• To listen, especially to check.

Examples

• "My earballs hurt from listening to this."
• "to keep one's earballs open"
• "up to one's earballs"

Synonyms

attend, be all ears, behear, ear, earball, give ear, hark, harken, heed, King Lear, lend an ear, list, listen close, listener, lug, mind, note, shell-like