pin someone's ears back

pin someone's ears back
v. (SLang) overcome utterly, defeat a person; punish

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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  • pin someone’s ears back — 1. tv. to scold someone severely. □ She really pinned his ears back. □ The teacher pinned the kids’ ears back for chewing gum. 2. tv. to beat someone, especially about the head. □ Lefty says I’m supposed to pin your ears back …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • pin back someone's ears — To reprimand, rebuke • • • Main Entry: ↑ear …   Useful english dictionary

  • pin — [pin] n. [ME pyn < OE pinn, akin to MHG pfinne, a nail, prob. < IE base * bend , projecting point > MIr benn, peak] 1. a peg of wood, metal, etc., used esp. for fastening or holding things together or as a support on which to hang things …   English World dictionary

  • pin — ► NOUN 1) a thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc. 2) a metal projection from a plug or an integrated circuit. 3) a small brooch or badge. 4) Medicine a… …   English terms dictionary

  • pin — noun 1》 a thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc.     ↘a small brooch or badge.     ↘Medicine a steel rod used to join the ends of fractured bones while they …   English new terms dictionary

  • pin — 1 noun (C) 1 FOR CLOTH a short thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end, used especially for fastening together pieces of cloth while making clothes 2 JEWELLERY a) AmE an attractively shaped piece of metal, sometimes containing jewels,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ear — ear1 earless, adj. earlike, adj. /ear/, n. 1. the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane …   Universalium

  • slash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. hack, cut, gash, cleave, sever, sunder, slice, carve; whip, scourge; mark down, reduce, lower. See disjunction, decrease. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. slit, gash, sever; see cut 1 . III (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students

  • slam — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. shut, close; swat, pound, batter, bash, slug. n. impact, closing, crash, clang; buffet. See impulse. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To throw with a slam] Syn. thump, fling, hurl; see throw 1 . 2. [To shut… …   English dictionary for students

  • blister — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vesicle; bubble, sac. See receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vesicle, bleb, sac, bulla, wheal, wale, weal, welt, blood blister, water blister, second degree burn; see also injury 1 , sore . v. Syn.… …   English dictionary for students

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