prick up one's ears

English

Alternative forms

• prick one's ears

Pronunciation

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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

Translations

to listen attentively

• Finnish: höristää korviaan
• French: dresser l’oreille (fr), tendre l’oreille (fr)
• Hungarian: hegyezi a fülét, fülel (hu), figyel (hu)
• Italian: tendere l'orecchio
• Ngazidja Comorian: ukaza shishio
• Old English: ontȳnan ēaran
• Polish: nadstawiać ucha impf, nadstawić ucha pf
• Russian: навостри́ть у́ши (ru) pf (navostrítʹ úši)