crop-eared

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [krop eerd]
- /krɒp ɪərd/
- /krɒp -ɪəd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [krop eerd]
- /krɒp ɪərd/

Definitions of crop-eared word

adjective crop-eared having the ears or hair cut short 3
adjective crop-eared having the ears cropped 3
adjective crop-eared having the ears cropped. 1
adjective crop-eared having the hair cropped short, so that the ears are conspicuous. 1

See all 4 definitions of crop-eared

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Origin of crop-eared

First appearance:

before 1520

One of the 28% oldest English words

First recorded in 1520-30

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Parts of speech for Crop-eared

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Crop-eared

crop-eared popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.