PRICK UP ONE'S EARS

Meaning of PRICK UP ONE'S EARS in English

v. phr. , informal To come to interested attention; begin to listen closely; try to hear. The woman pricked up her ears when she heard them talking about her.

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PRICK UP ONE'S EARS — phrasal to listen intently
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRICK UP ONE'S EARS — phrasal : to begin to listen intently or with increased interest
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRICK UP ONE'S EARS — : to listen intently
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRICK UP ONE'S EARS — to listen intently
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PRICK UP ONE'S EARS — {v. phr.}, {informal} To come to interested attention; begin to listen closely; try to hear. * /The woman pricked up …
Slang English vocab
PRICK UP ONE'S EARS — LISTEN CAREFULLY, pay attention, become attentive, begin to take notice, attend; informal be all ears; poetic/literary hark. 2192; headword
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRICK UP ONE'S EARS — {v. phr.}, {informal} To come to interested attention; begin to listen closely; try to hear. * /The woman pricked up …
Словарь английских идиом
PRICK UP ONE'S EARS — навострить уши
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRICK UP ONE'S EARS — навострить уши, насторожиться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PRICK UP ONE'S EARS — навострить уши, насторожиться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PRICK UP ONE'S EARS — настораживаться
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
PRICK UP ONE'S EARS — навострить уши
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRICK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES prick sb’s conscience (= make sb feel guilty ) ▪ Some of the things …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EARS — THE WIPING OF THE EARS: The Imamis are agreed - in following the Imams from the pure family - that …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
EARS — dalunggan;dunggan
English-Visayan vocabulary
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRICK
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EARS — plural of ear present third singular of ear
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRICK — (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.
Английский словарь Webster
PRICK — ( v. ) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRICK — ( n. ) To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRICK — ( n. ) To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRICK
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
PRICK — v the footprint of a hare. 2. prick ·noun to render acid or pungent. 3. prick ·vi to aim at …
Webster English vocab
PRICK
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRICK
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRICK
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRICK
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
EARS — • ↑ be all ears • ↑ be up to your ears/neck in • ↑ be up to your neck/ears …
Longman Activator English vocab
PRICK — n. 25B6; verb prick the potatoes with a fork : PIERCE, puncture, make/put a hole in, stab, perforate, nick, jab. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EARS — n pl (euph) яички
Dirty English-Russian vocab
PRICK — n. 1 puncture, pinhole, pinprick; hole, perforation For the blood test, the doctor made a tiny prick in my finger …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EARS — sear sera
Anagrams English vocabulary
EARS — Electronic Access to Reference Services + Electronic Authoring and Routing System [DEC] + Explicit Archive and Retrieval System [Langley Research]
Computer Abbreviations English vocabulary
EARS — Explicit Archive and Retrieval System
Computer Acronyms English vocab
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRICK — 1. сущ. 1) а) прокол, укол Syn : perforation, puncture 1. б) спец. следы зайца 2) галочка, пометка, отметка Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь

American Idioms English vocabulary

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