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jug ears

jug ears noun: ears whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.

Noun

jug ears pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Ears whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.
    • Wolfowitz, who is sixty-three, has jug ears, hazel eyes, a furrowed brow, and thinning gray hair that he combs to the right. -2007, "The Next Crusade", John Cassidy, The New Yorker, September 4 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/09/070409fa_fact_cassidy.

Questions about jug ears

What does jug ears mean?
Jug ears means ears whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.
What part of speech is jug ears?
Jug ears is a noun.

Words near jug ears in the dictionary

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  6. jug ears
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  9. jug wine
  10. jug wines
  11. jug-eared

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