antenna
/ænˈtɛnə/
noun
- A device used to send or receive radio, television, or other electromagnetic signals.
- Satellites use large antennas to communicate with ground stations.
- We installed a new antenna on the roof to get better TV reception.
- The car's antenna was broken, so the radio only played static.
- One of a pair of long, thin sensory organs on the head of insects, crustaceans, and some other arthropods.
- The butterfly used its antennae to smell the flowers.
- A lobster's antennae help it sense movement in the water.
- The ant waved its antennae as it explored the new food source.
- A natural ability to sense or detect something; intuition or sensitivity.
- As a journalist, she had a good antenna for a breaking story.
- Teachers need to have their antennae up for signs of bullying.
- His political antennae told him that the public mood was shifting.