Rabbit Ears - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

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The old-fashioned, v-shaped antenna on top of your parents' TV can be called rabbit ears.

Once upon a time, television viewers had to regularly adjust the rabbit ears on their TV sets to get a clear signal and a static-free image on the screen. If you don't have cable or a satellite dish, but you want to watch network TV shows, you might use rabbit ears instead — although in many areas, they can't pick up distant radio signals. Rabbit ears get their name from the V shape of their long, adjustable rods.

Definitions of rabbit ears

noun the long ears of a rabbit see moresee less type of: coney, cony, rabbit any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
noun an indoor TV antenna; consists of two extendible rods that form a V see moresee less type of: television antenna, tv-antenna an omnidirectional antenna tuned to the broadcast frequencies assigned to television

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