"prick up one's ears" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-prick up one's ears.ogg Forms: pricks up one's ears [present, singular, third-person], pricking up one's ears [participle, present], pricked up one's ears [participle, past], pricked up one's ears [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} prick up one's ears (third-person singular simple present pricks up one's ears, present participle pricking up one's ears, simple past and past participle pricked up one's ears)
  1. To listen attentively. Synonyms: perk up one's ears, pin one's ears back, prick one's ears Translations (to listen attentively): höristää korviaan (Finnish), dresser l’oreille (French), tendre l’oreille (French), die Ohren spitzen (German), hegyezi a fülét (Hungarian), fülel (Hungarian), figyel (Hungarian), tendere l'orecchio (Italian), ukaza shishio (Ngazidja Comorian), ontȳnan ēaran (Old English), nadstawiać ucha [imperfective] (Polish), nadstawić ucha [perfective] (Polish), навостри́ть у́ши (navostrítʹ úši) [perfective] (Russian)

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