earphone
noun
a sound receiver that fits in or over the ear, as of a radio or telephone.
earphones
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pluralof earphone.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She responded by putting on her earphones and listening to music.
From BBC ● May 17, 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
He smiled at Yossarian wanly, looking frail and exceptionally young and bashful in the bulky dungeon of his earphones, hat, throat mike, flak suit and parachute.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
