# earball

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɪə.bɔːl/

## Definitions
1. The ear.
2. The act or an instance of listening.
3. A small ball kept in position in the ear and pressed when needed to relieve stress.

## Etymology
From ear + ball. Noun noun sense 1 and verb verb sense 1 is modeled after eyeball.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/earball