donkey ears
See also: donkey's ears
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- A hand gesture made by placing the thumbs above each ear and waving the index fingers in unison; used to express derision.
- This was a frustrating year for us, anyway, and we were losing to the Tigers, 13-0, in the sixth inning when Aaron Robinson popped one into short left. I dropped the fly, they began to boo; and when I came in I gave them the donkey ears, which hardly seemed adequate.
- My Turn at Bat
- The Story of My Life
- by Ted Williams, As Told to John Underwood, p. 116
- This was a frustrating year for us, anyway, and we were losing to the Tigers, 13-0, in the sixth inning when Aaron Robinson popped one into short left. I dropped the fly, they began to boo; and when I came in I gave them the donkey ears, which hardly seemed adequate.