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Meaning of "ear-splitting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EAR-SPLITTING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EAR-SPLITTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ear-Splitting is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EAR-SPLITTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ear-splitting in the English dictionary

The definition of ear-splitting in the dictionary is so loud or shrill as to hurt the ears.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EAR-SPLITTING

ear
ear infection
ear lobe
ear piercing
ear shell
ear stopper
ear trumpet
ear-grabbing
ear-piercing
ear-stone
ear, nose and throat department
ear, nose and throat specialist
earache
earball
earbash
earbasher
earbashing
earbob
earbud
earcon

WORDS THAT END LIKE EAR-SPLITTING

accounting
admitting
batting
betting
chatting
committing
cutting
emitting
fitting
formatting
knitting
letting
permitting
plotting
putting
setting
sitting
splitting
spotting
submitting
transmitting

Synonyms and antonyms of ear-splitting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ear-splitting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EAR-SPLITTING

Find out the translation of ear-splitting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ear-splitting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ear-splitting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

震耳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ensordecedor
570 millions of speakers

English

ear-splitting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कान बंटवारे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المدوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оглушительный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ensurdecedor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কান-ফাটানো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

strident
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemisahan telinga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ohrenbetäubenden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

耳をつんざく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

귀 분할
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kuping pisah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm chát tai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காது பிளக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कान-विभाजन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kulak paralayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ear- splitting
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dzielenie ucha
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оглушливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

asurzitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτί-διαχωρισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorverdowende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

öronbedövande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ear - splitting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ear-splitting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EAR-SPLITTING»

The term «ear-splitting» is regularly used and occupies the 86.963 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EAR-SPLITTING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ear-splitting» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ear-splitting» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ear-splitting

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EAR-SPLITTING»

Discover the use of ear-splitting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ear-splitting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Power Chord: One Man's Ear Splitting Quest to Find His ...
Power Chord is a chronicle of Scott McKenzie's epic quest to stand in the presence of metal greatness—to meet his omnipotent guitar gods face-to-face and get them to divulge their otherworldly secret.
Thomas Scott McKenzie, 2012
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Ear-Splitting Sounds and Other Vile Noises
Learn all about the most disgusting and dreadful aspects of sound. From farting whoopee cushions to glass-smashing opera singers and music-loving pigs, this book is full of yucky, painful and fascinationg facts.
Anna Claybourne, 2013
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Wet Weather Cover
The walkie—talkie suddenly splutters into life making them both jump. Indecipherable, ear—splitting splutter. BRAD: You're the one who should be in LA! There's plenty of people there feel just like you. Indecipherable, ear—splitting splutter.
Oliver Cotton, 2010
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Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem
... Harrison Lake, probably Walian Creek falls:: Kwotxwem St6:l6 < kwotxwem ~ kwotxwem. ear :: q'6:l (or better) qw'6:l. big ears, (have big ears):: thitheha:li:ya < thi ~ tha - the - thah - theh. ear lobe:: stl'epa:li:ya ~ stl'epa:liya < tl'ép. ear-splitting:  ...
Brent Douglas Galloway, 2009
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At War with the 16Th Irish Division 1914-1918: The Letters ...
Chapter. 10. 'One. continuous. ear-splitting. roar': The. Somme,. September. 1916 . Staniforth was discharged earlier than he had expected.1 His next letter relating to the attacks at Ginchy and Guillemont offers vivid accounts of the key moment ...
Richard Grayson, 2012
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DJing For Dummies
Chapter11. Ear-Splitting. Advice. about. Not. Splitting. Your. Ears: Headphones. In. This. Chapter. Knowing what makes a good set of headphones Stopping to think about headphone and amplifier volumes Protecting your ears when faced with ...
John Steventon, 2010
7
The Nightmare Man
"Papa," the boy says, and then it's bright electric red again and the ear-splitting high-pitched tone is back, and now we're in a basement, dirty and clammy. Tucker is here. . . leering toward us. He's reciting the Twenty-third Psalm again, only his ...
Michael Fisher, 1993
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The Exploratorium Science Snackbook: Cook Up Over 100 ...
Part. Five. The. Wire-Hanger. Concerto. and. Other. Ear-Splitting. Explorations. of. How. We. Hear. the. World. You may not think of your ear as a thing of beauty, but it is elegantly designed for the job it does. Your pinna, or outer ear, collects ...
Exploratorium Teacher Institute, 2009
9
Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Dictionary And ...
... 9 Argus-eyed, farseeing ear-deafening: 9 deafening; 10 ear-rending; 12 ear- splitting ear doctor: 9 otologist eardrum: 8 tympanum earful: 9 going-over; 10 bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding earl: S baron, thane; 8 viscount earlier: 6 before, ...
Seth Godin, Lark Productions LLC, Seth Godin Productions, 1999
10
Linguistic Perspectives on English Grammar: A Guide for EFL ...
It thundered the most ear-splitting crack of thunder (from Dixon, 2005, p. 305). These are not "true" direct objects, and the verbs can still be regarded as essentially one-participant verbs, since the above clauses fail the passivization test ...
Martin J. Endley, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EAR-SPLITTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ear-splitting is used in the context of the following news items.
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How strange to feel nostalgic for the 1970s
Despite an ear-splitting sound system, the fab four were drowned out by the hysterical screams of the girls in the audience, and the noise was ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
@ The Movies With Mark Hinson
Nearly every superhero in the Marvel Universe stable is called into teeth-rattling, ear-splitting action after Tony Stark inadvertently builds a ... «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
3
Daily Tennis News Briefs 08Jul15
... with telephone calls of complaint from viewers over the ear-splitting grunts during matches featuring Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka, ... «Bob Larson Tennis News, Jul 15»
4
Maria Sharapova: 'I had to dig deep to reach Wimbledon semi-finals'
Scores of Wimbledon viewers have complained over the ear-splitting grunts during Sharapova's latest match – claiming they were so loud they ... «Thrasher Backer, Jul 15»
5
First bus trip's a relative failure and other Games goodies
And it's loud – I mean LOUD, ear-splitting loud – and as we look around, a bunch of orange-shirted volunteers are orderly scurrying for the door ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
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Concert review: Taylor Swift at the Bell Centre, July 7, 2015
... the newsboy-dancers bounded out and Taylor and her green glitter waistcoat ignited Welcome To New York, the ear-splitting roar was no ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
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Our Social Networks
You are insensitive idiots who don't care about safety or about the disturbance you make with your ear-splitting noise. I thought these devices ... «News Item, Jul 15»
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Wimbledon viewers complain over Maria Sharapova's grunts in …
Scores of Wimbledon viewers have complained over the ear-splitting grunts during Sharapova's latest match - claiming they were so loud they ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
9
LIVE REPORT: Boredoms
... jet-take off, and finally up to rocket launch – an ear-splitting squall of white noise, all on the same frequency range, the cymbalists hammering ... «The Quietus, Jul 15»
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Our fleet: Citroen Grand C4 Picasso 1.6 e-HDi 115 Airdream …
... if you do that with the engine running and the electronic handbrake not engaged, then a warning alarm emits an awful ear-splitting sound. «FleetNews, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ear-Splitting [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ear-splitting>. Apr 2024 ».
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