rabbit ears
plural nounDefinition of rabbit ears
: an indoor dipole television antenna consisting of two usually extensible rods connected to a base to form a V shape
Examples of rabbit ears in a Sentence
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Few professional sports teams have rabbit ears the size of the ones on Portland’s NBA organization. — oregonlive.com, "Canzano: Las Vegas doesn’t hate the Trail Blazers... it just likes money a lot more," 23 Aug. 2019 Some people see rabbit ears, while some are seeing a bird’s beak. — Ricky Pinela, orlandosentinel.com, "Bird or rabbit? This real-life optical illusion is confusing a lot of people," 22 Aug. 2019 The leading picture of the topic portrays three cartoon girls with rabbit ears and miniskirts. — Youyou Zhou, Quartz, "China’s fan-girl culture is mobilizing against the Hong Kong protests," 18 Aug. 2019 One picks his nose; another makes rabbit ears behind his brother. — Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, "Beasts, monsters and a master artistic storyteller," 31 July 2019 The Cauldron when the other team's keeper has rabbit ears. — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, "Mellinger Minutes: Herrera's gone, what's next for Royals and worrisome about Chiefs," 19 June 2018 Apparently most respondents would rather surf the web while using rabbit ears to watch local TV. — Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Air conditioning or a charged cellphone: Survey asks which you'd rather have after a hurricane," 14 June 2018 For about 20 years, the ultrasounds that were part of prenatal care showed a scratchy black-and-white image that looked like an old TV when the rabbit ears fell over and the poltergeist was trying to talk to you. — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, "For a mother-to-be (and the dad, too), the ultimate gender-reveal party," 13 May 2018 There was Legere, for example, holding up two fingers behind Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure’s head like rabbit ears for a photo shoot during their merger tour on Wall Street. — Mark Davis, kansascity, "Future Sprint boss John Legere, T-Mobile’s un-CEO: Is that a show or his real self? | The Kansas City Star," 4 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rabbit ears.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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