earworm
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
earworm (plural earworms)
- A tune#Noun|tune that keep#Verb|keeps replay#Verb|replaying in one's head#Noun|head or that one keeps think#Verb|thinking about, especially if unwanted.
- (originally, US) Short for corn earworm#English|corn earworm (“larva of the moths Helicoverpa zea (syn. Heliothis zea) and Helicoverpa armigera, which are agricultural pests”).
- (archaic) An earwig.
- ear candy
- earsore
- German: Ohrwurm
- Italian: tormentone
- Russian: навязчивая мело́дия
- Spanish: melodía pegadiza, melodía pegajosa
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