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noun
an indoor television antenna consisting of two telescoping, swivel-based aerials.
Sports Slang. acute sensitivity to gibes, insults, or sarcasm: Players with rabbit ears are the favorite targets of bench jockeys.
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Origin of rabbit ears
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby rabbit ears
Rabbinite, rabbit, rabbit ball, rabbitbrush, rabbit-eared bandicoot, rabbit ears, rabbiter, rabbit eye, rabbit fever, rabbitfish, rabbit food
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How to use rabbit ears in a sentence
They were drying rabbit ears, brains, kidneys, and tongues for one of the courses.
I hope it is about the little boy with the rabbit ears that he could wiggle.
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