EARWIG meaning: Insect with pincers; enters ears

We found 36 dictionaries that define the word earwig:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

earwig: Merriam-Webster
earwig: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
earwig: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
earwig: Collins English Dictionary
earwig: Vocabulary.com
Earwig, earwig: Wordnik
earwig: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
earwig: Wiktionary
earwig: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
earwig: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
earwig: Infoplease Dictionary
Earwig, earwig: Dictionary.com
earwig: Online Etymology Dictionary
Earwig (Blake Babies album), Earwig (Pegboy album), Earwig (band), Earwig (disambiguation), Earwig: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Earwig: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
earwig: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
earwig: Rhymezone
Earwig: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
earwig: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Earwig: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
earwig: FreeDictionary.org
earwig: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
earwig: Mnemonic Dictionary
earwig: TheFreeDictionary.com
earwig: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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earwig: Encyclopedia

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Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

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earwig: A Word A Day
earwig: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Slang (3 matching dictionaries)

earwig, earwig, earwig: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
earwig: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
earwig: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.
▸ noun:  One who whispers insinuations; a secret counsellor.
▸ noun:  A flatterer.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To fill the mind of with prejudice by insinuations.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To attempt to influence by persistent confidential argument or talk.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, UK, slang) To eavesdrop.
▸ verb:  (transitive, UK, slang) To eavesdrop on.

Opposite:

tailless, wingless, non-insect

Types:

European earwig, common earwig, tropical earwig, pincer bug, more...

Phrases:

european earwig, common European earwig, common earwig, maritime earwig, ringlegged earwig, more...

Adjectives:

european, common, female, little, legged, poor, small, large, bloated, golden, giant

Colors:

brown, black, dark brown, yellow, tan, more...

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