"earful" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɪə(ɹ)fəl/ [UK], /ˈɪə(ɹ)fʊl/ [UK], /ˈɪɹfəl/ [General-American], /ˈɪɹfʊl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-earful.wav Forms: earfuls [plural], earsful [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)fʊl, -ɪə(ɹ)fəl Etymology: From ear + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ear|ful|pos=noun}} ear + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|earsful}} earful (plural earfuls or earsful)
  1. (informal) an angry reprimand, castigation or telling off Tags: informal Translations (castigation): läksytys (Finnish), cazziata [feminine] (Italian), cazziatone [masculine] (Italian), lavata di capo [feminine] (Italian), kaikai taringa (Maori), bronca [feminine] (Portuguese), sabão [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), вы́говор (výgovor) [masculine] (Russian), суро́вая кри́тика (suróvaja krítika) (Russian), бичева́ние (bičevánije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-earful-en-noun-zPAgUPGN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 67 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'castigation': 97 3
  2. (informal) intimate gossip Tags: informal Translations (intimate gossip): juoru (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-earful-en-noun-DCoZg1Ju Disambiguation of 'intimate gossip': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: give someone an earful

Inflected forms

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