Australian English Meaning of pricking up one's ears
prick up one's ears
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Definitions and Meaning of pricking up one's ears in English
pricking up one's ears
to affect with anguish, grief, or remorse, a nagging or sharp feeling of remorse, regret, or sorrow, an instance of pricking or the sensation of being pricked, a slight sharply localized discomfort, to remove (a young seedling) from the seedbed to another suitable for further growth, to become directed upward, to feel discomfort as if from being pricked, a spiteful or contemptible man often having some authority, a mark or shallow hole made by a pointed instrument, the sensation of being pricked, to point forward or upward, thrust, to ride, guide, or urge on with or as if with spurs, something sharp or pointed, to mark, distinguish, or note by means of a small mark, to cause to be or stand erect, a mark or small wound made by a pointed instrument, to trace or outline with punctures, to urge a horse with the spur, to have or cause a feeling of or as if of being pricked, an instance of pricking, to listen intently, a pointed instrument or weapon, to ride fast, to prick something or cause a pricking sensation, penis, a sharp projecting organ or part, to pierce slightly with a sharp point
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prick up one's ears
to affect with anguish, grief, or remorse, a nagging or sharp feeling of remorse, regret, or sorrow, an instance of pricking or the sensation of being pricked,
hearing,listening,attending,harking,listening,paying attention to,listening,considering
ignoring,Tuning out,discounting,disregarding
pricked up one's ears => Pricked up its ears., pricked => pricked, prick up one's ears => prick up one's ears, prices => prices, priced => priced,
