🇬🇧 Earwig meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

An earwig is a small, skinny insect with two little pinchers sticking out of its back end; it usually hides in dark, damp places like under rocks or flowerpots and mostly eats plants or tiny bugs.

My friend said the earwig in his room was his bodyguard, because it always stood at the edge of his bed like a bouncer.

I lifted a flowerpot and an earwig popped out like, "Excuse me, this is my bathroom!"

When Mom screamed at the earwig in the sink, it probably screamed back in tiny earwig language.

My sister tried to scare me with an earwig, but it crawled onto her instead and we both screamed like squeaky toys.

Despite the scary name, earwigs do NOT crawl into people’s ears—they prefer hiding under rocks, leaves, and other dark, damp spots instead.

She felt a tickle in her ear and froze. A small earwig slipped from her hair, the earwig's tiny pincers clicking at the back end. It darted under a damp towel. She caught the earwig with a glass, watched the earwig curl, then carried the earwig outside, relieved to leave the quiet dark place.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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