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Nearly 20 years after heating up our eardrums with her debut album, Paris, Hilton has returned with Infinite Icon, a dance-pop confection to remind listeners of her pop-star bona fides.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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The noise of operating a chainsaw can damage your eardrums and lead to hearing loss, so use earplugs designed for use with machinery.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2024
The 140 passengers onboard were met by paramedics at the gate when the plane landed and 10 people were either evaluated or treated for bloody noses or ruptured eardrums.
—Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 19 Sep. 2024
On Monday, Yandell was reportedly knocked down while handcuffed and suffered a broken jaw, a burst eardrum, multiple missing teeth, and fractured vertebrae, according to an attorney and another prisoner whose cell is down the hall from Yandell’s.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1645, in the meaning defined above
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“Eardrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eardrum. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
eardrum
noun
ear·drum
-ˌdrəm
: the thin membrane that separates the outer and middle ear and carries sound waves as vibrations to the chain of tiny bones in the middle ear
called also tympanic membrane, tympanum
Medical Definition
eardrum
noun
ear·drum
-ˌdrəm
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