prick ears up

prick your ears up

also prick up your ears

to listen carefully If you hear my name mentioned, prick up your ears – I want to know what you find out.

(informal)

to start to listen carefully to what someone is saying, often because you think you may find out something interesting

Usage notes: Many animals prick up (= raise) their ears when they hear something.

Eve pricked her ears up when she heard her name being mentioned.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tiburtius	-	Ancient Roman
Fabricia	-	Ancient Roman
Francisca	frahn-THEES-kah (Spanish), frahn-SEES-kah (Latin American Spanish), frən-SEESH-kə (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Kouta	ko:-tah	Japanese
Annice	AN-is	English
Devraj	-	Indian, Hindi