n.
1) to perk up, prick up; wiggle one's ~s
2) to pierce smb.'s ~
3) a musical ~
4) the inner; middle; outer ~
5) one's ~s perk up, prick up; ring
6) an ~ for (to have an ~ for music)
7) by ~ (to play music by ~)
8) ( misc. ) to lend an ~ to ('to pay attention to'); to turn a deaf ~ to ('to pay no attention to'); to fall on deaf ~s ('to be disregarded'); a cauliflower ~ ('an ~ deformed by repeated blows'); to have smb.'s ~ ('to have access to smb. who is superior in rank'); to box smb.'s ~s ('to strike smb. on the head'); the loud music grated on our ~s; up to one's ~s in debt ('heavily in debt'); to play it by ~ ('to improvise')