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rabbit ears

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
  1. noun
    the long ears of a rabbit
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    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
  2. noun
    an indoor TV antenna; consists of two extendible rods that form a V
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    type of:
    television antenna, tv-antenna
    an omnidirectional antenna tuned to the broadcast frequencies assigned to television
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