Definition of earlobe
: the pendent part of the ear of humans or some domestic chickens
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One of them, a woman in her 70s, according to Wikle, was bleeding, with wounds on her hands, nose and part of her earlobe dangling, Wikle recalled.
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Spellman is accused of using a pair of pliers to rip out the man's left earring, tearing his earlobe, according to the affidavit.
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One such external indicator is diagonal creases on the earlobes -- known as Frank's sign, named after Sanders Frank, an American doctor who first described the sign.
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On Sunday's episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Kris Jenner went in for reduction surgery on her earlobes.
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The 25-year-old was spotted attending Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday wearing ball-back earrings in her earlobes and a small bird earring in the upper cartilage of her left ear.
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There’s a trick to putting them in, too: Grab your earlobe and pull it toward the back of your head to open the ear canal a little wider.
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In fact, his next victim did have one of her earlobes severed.
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Scene 3 In Calabasas’s newest boutique, Kris Jenner’s Closet, Kris Jenner and her Kardashian daughters chat about her oversize earlobes.
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First Known Use of earlobe
circa 1785
EARLOBE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of earlobe for English Language Learners
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: the soft part of the ear that hangs down from the bottom
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of earlobe
: the pendent part of the ear especially of humans
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