"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 [Southern-England] Forms: earfuls [plural], earsful [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)fʊl, -ɪə(ɹ)fəl Etymology: 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 67 33 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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