An ear infection occurs when a bacterial or viral infection affects the middle earâthe sections of your ear just behind the eardrum. Ear infections can be painful because of inflammation and fluid build up in the middle ear. Ear infections can be chronic or acute. Acute ear infections are painful but short in duration.
homer (plural homers) ( 1 baseball) A four-base hit; a home run The first baseman hit a homer to lead off the ninth. 2  A homing pigeon Each of the pigeon fanciers released a homer at the same time. ( 3 sports) A person who is extremely devoted to his favorite team.
Homer Biography. Little can be said about Homer. Ancient Greek tradition, as well as a study of the language and style of the poems, indicates that he probably lived and wrote sometime in the eighth or ninth centuries B.C., but no more definite date can be determined.