ear hustle

ear hustle

To listen in on a conversation that one is not a participant in; to eavesdrop. Let's postpone this discussion until a later time—some people in the office are known to ear hustle.
See also: ear, hustle

ear hustling

The act of listening in on a conversation that one is not a participant in; eavesdropping. Let's postpone this discussion until a later time—I worry that some people in the office are outside the door, ear hustling right now.
See also: ear, hustle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ear hustle

in. to eavesdrop. I was ear hustling while you were talking, and felt I had to correct something you said about me.
See also: ear, hustle

ear hustling

n. eavesdropping. Your ear hustling will get you in trouble, especially when people are talking about you.
See also: ear, hustle
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • ear hustling
  • have big ears
  • hustle
  • eavesdrop
  • eavesdrop on
  • eavesdrop on (someone or something)
  • hustler
  • hustlers
  • ear hustler
  • his, her, etc. ears are flapping
References in periodicals archive
Here's what's on my phone podcast playlist by title and category: Oprah's Super Soul (self-help, inspiration), Oprah's Master Class (self-help, inspiration), HBR Women at Work (business), Undisclosed (legal), Slow Burn (political), Stay Tuned with Preet (legal and political), Uncivil (race relations), Garden & Gun Whole Hog (the South), Ear Hustle (life inside San Quentin state prison).
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EAR HUSTLE
From stories about cell mates and conjugal visits to solitary confinement, race and how it affects life in prison and the parole hearing process, Ear Hustle is a sociological and psychological study of the lives of the incarcerated done with sensitivity and heart-wrenching openness.
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