(chiefly, agriculture) To make a mark or attach a tag to the ear of (an animal, chiefly a livestock animal), generally to identify or indicate something about the animal, such as ownership.
(chiefly, agriculture) To make a mark or attach a tag to the ear of (an animal, chiefly a livestock animal), generally to identify or indicate something about the animal, such as ownership.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
Someone or something that creates marks, particularly.
(British, idiomatic, transitive) To do badly; to make a mess of.
Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly.
(chiefly, agriculture) A mark made or tag attached to the ear of an animal (chiefly a livestock animal), generally to identify or indicate something about the animal, such as ownership, health or gestation status, etc.
"earmark" means: A mark made or tag attached to the ear of an animal (chiefly a livestock animal), generally to identify or indicate something about the anim.... This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"earmark" means: A mark made or tag attached to the ear of an animal (chiefly a livestock animal), generally to identify or indicate something about the anim.... Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“I mean it was always $400m and paid for by donors, but now it got a $1b earmark from taxes, but there is no such thing as truth any more”