Ear-worm
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ear-worm is a noun meaning Alternative form of earworm.
Meaning
Alternative form of earworm.
Example Sentences
Earwig, [...] The ear-worm or grub, a well-known insect, with large transparent wings, which eats fruit and flower-leaves, and has been erroneously supposed to creep into the human brain through the ear; [...]
Foreign Bodies in the Ear. [...] The ear-worm (forficula auricula), so much dreaded by people, occasions no special danger, but behaves in the ear in as harmless a manner as all other living animalcula of that calibre.
She does not regard her ear-worms as anything other than an incidental irritant in her life. Unlike Jane, I have an ear-worm all the time – literally all the time – from the moment I wake up to the moment I zonk out; [...]
Word Forms
- ear-worms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ear-spoon, wormwheel, wormgear, catch-phrase, earmould, headscratcher.
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