earphone
Americannoun
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earphones
plural
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a sound receiver that fits in or over the ear, as of a radio or telephone.
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Usually earphones. a headset; headphone.
noun
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Origin of earphone
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In 2022, for example, CBP found live centipedes concealed inside earphone cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024
Small portable radios were common, but they didn’t sound good and usually came with just a small earphone that went in one ear.
From NewsForKids.net ● May 20, 2024
Samsung, which is the biggest maker of Android phones, recommends using a cotton bud to get moisture out of the earphone jack and charging port.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
The cameraman tried to catch the bird to retrieve the earphone, but it flew away.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2022
He took out another machine, something like the first one but bigger; after that he pulled out a black, round thing: it was an earphone, with a wire dangling from it.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
The company – which runs 792 pubs and bars across the UK – said that following complaints it has asked customers to switch their devices to silent or to use earphones.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Within weeks of arriving, I loathed Madras, where rats stole the padding from my earphones, the humidity left me weak and men tailed my mother in traffic, desperate to buy our imported car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Here was a middle-aged woman, fresh off a run, casually clutching a pair of earphones in her hand while she placed an important work call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024
Each participant wore earphones to hear both their taps and their partner's taps, and they had to anticipate their partner's movements.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024
While we were in room H-5, Catherine hooked me up on the earphones.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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