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earful
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun earful has 2 senses
- earful(n = noun.communication) Array - an outpouring of gossip; Array is a kind of comment, gossip, scuttlebutt
- earful(n = noun.communication) bawling out, castigation, chewing out, dressing down, going-over, upbraiding - a severe scolding; Array is a kind of rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval
OXFORD DICTIONARY
earful, n. (pl. -fuls) colloq.
1 a copious or prolonged amount of talking.
2 a strong reprimand.
1 a copious or prolonged amount of talking.
2 a strong reprimand.
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