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listening with half an ear

listening with half an ear is the present participle and gerund of listen with half an ear.

Meaning of listen with half an ear

Verb

listen with half an ear (third-person singular simple present listens with half an ear, present participle listening with half an ear, simple past and past participle listened with half an ear)

  1. (figuratively) To listen distractedly, without paying attention.

Questions about listening with half an ear

What is listening with half an ear the present participle and gerund of?
Listening with half an ear is the present participle and gerund of listen with half an ear.

Words near listening with half an ear in the dictionary

  1. listening station
  2. listening stations
  3. listening up
  4. listening watch
  5. listening watches
  6. listening with half an ear
  7. listenings
  8. listens
  9. listens after
  10. listens in
  11. listens out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: listening with half an ear (page history and authors); listen with half an ear (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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