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ear-bender, n. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈɪəˌbɛndə|, U.S. |ˈɪrˌbɛndər|
[‹ ear n.1 + bender n. Compare later to bend a person's ear at bend v. Additions]
1. A person who talks quickly, excessively, or tiresomely; a loquacious person.
1926G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 8/1 Ear-bender, fast talker. 1931N.Y. Times 3 Oct. 6/5 Goldstein, known as the ‘Ear Bender’ because of his talkativeness, was arrested late Thursday night. 1980Washington Post (Nexis) 21 Jan. d13 The popular image of the lobbyist being an elbow as well as an ear bender. 1989Observer 5 Feb. 43/3 A local literary ear-bender starts instructing him on the administrative difficulties of Le Figaro. 2002Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) (Nexis) 21 Nov. d6 A half-dozen ear-benders will be seducing listeners via the venerable art of a corking good yarn.
2. A loud or harsh sound; something which grates upon the ear; esp. a strident or dissonant piece of music.
1984Computers & Electronics June 98/1 The sound possibilities include organs, gunshots,..whistles, and virtually any of the ear-benders emitted by full-size video arcade games. 1996Amer. Rec. Guide (Nexis) 21 Nov. 26 It was a typical three-part Juillard program—a modern ear-bender sandwiched between two works by the old masters. 2000SD & Homosexuality in alt.music.steely-dan (Usenet newsgroup) 24 Aug. This song has always sounded kind of jarring and ‘outside’ to me, melodically and harmonically, a real ear-bender the first time you hear it for sure. |