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Definition of keepin' an ear to the ground
keep an ear to the ground
verb
- to monitor new information or rumors.
There's been rumors of a new round of layoffs. Better keep an ear to the ground.
- See more words with the same meaning: to hear, listen.
Last edited on Dec 07 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'to hear, listen': | |
| Definitions include: to be engaged completely (e.g. mentally, emotionally, etc.) in a situation, not just physically. | |
| Definitions include: to eavesdrop. | |
| Definitions include: to listen to. | |
| Definitions include: to see. | |
| Definitions include: a person. | |
| Definitions include: "pay close attention." | |
Slang terms with the same root words
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Other terms relating to 'an': | |
| Definitions include: an impressive. | |
| Definitions include: and. | |
| Definitions include: a lot of money. | |
| Definitions include: attracted to young males. | |
| Definitions include: no chance. | |
| Definitions include: to conspicuously notice. | |
| Definitions include: to cost a lot. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: to use the word "fuck" or one of its variants at an inappropriate time or place. | |
| Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart". | |
| Definitions include: extremely full after consuming food or drink. | |
| Definitions include: to have a grudge. | |
| Definitions include: to throw a fit. | |
| Definitions include: someone who is a little extra bitchy that day. bitchflakes like cornflakes. | |
| Definitions include: to monitor. | |
Other terms relating to 'ear': | |
| Definitions include: to be prepared to listen intently. | |
| Definitions include: to talk to. | |
| Definitions include: to mark one's place in a book by folding down the corner of the page. | |
| Definitions include: contact between an ear and a boob (breast.) | |
| Definitions include: something pleasing to listen to, especially music-related. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical "orgasm of the ears" due to hearing something immensely satisfying, having a good ear cleaning, etc. | |
| Definitions include: to eavesdrop. | |
| Definitions include: someone who enjoys listening to and spreading gossip. | |
| Definitions include: a song or song fragment that gets stuck in one's head. | |
| Definitions include: to get a haircut. | |
| Definitions include: for something heard to not have any effect. | |
| Definitions include: very high; excessively high. | |
| Definitions include: to monitor new information or rumors. | |
| Definitions include: to beat someone up | |
| Definitions include: to listen to someone. | |
Other terms relating to 'ground': | |
| Definitions include: soldiers. | |
| Definitions include: to succeed initially. | |
| Definitions include: to hide. | |
| Definitions include: lighting underneath the body of a car, which shines on the ground. | |
| Definitions include: the initial phase of an opportunity. | |
| Definitions include: Desirable food item found abandoned on the ground. | |
| Definitions include: to monitor new information or rumors. | |
| Definitions include: to be competent. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: to lose progress. | |
| Definitions include: to cause to fail. | |
Other terms relating to 'keep': | |
| Definitions include: "keep buggering on", i.e. don't give up. | |
| Definitions include: to hide. | |
| Definitions include: to supervise a person. | |
| Definitions include: to watch for. | |
| Definitions include: to remain courageous. | |
| Definitions include: to restrain from laughing. | |
| Definitions include: to keep one's composure. | |
| Definitions include: sardonic retort to "No shit, Sherlock!" | |
| Definitions include: from football, but referring to an object that you like. | |
| Definitions include: statement of encouragement. | |
| Definitions include: to tell the truth. | |
| Definitions include: to keep it real. | |
| Definitions include: doing things in way a gangster would. | |
| Definitions include: to not be promiscuous. | |
| Definitions include: to tell the truth about something; "keep it on the real". | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
Other terms relating to 'to': | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: See nine to five. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority. | |
| Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: to revisit one's past. | |
| Definitions include: to go back to the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: extreme; "all out". | |
| Definitions include: to be vastly superior. | |
| Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else. | |
| Definitions include: to be unintelligible. | |
| Definitions include: to do. | |
| Definitions include: more important things to deal with. | |
| Definitions include: to kill or destroy. | |
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