earpiece

American  

[eer-pees] / ˈɪərˌpis /

noun

1. a piece that covers or passes over the ear, as on a cap or eyeglasses.

2. an earphone.

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earpiece British  

/ ˈɪəˌpiːs /

noun

1. the earphone in a telephone receiver

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Etymology

Origin of earpiece

First recorded in 1835–45; ear ¹ + piece

Example Sentences

Sometimes the actors had a simple click track in an earpiece, other times a “stomp track” from the foot choreography.

From Los Angeles Times

Or perhaps whatever producer was hollering into her earpiece wouldn’t be denied.

From Los Angeles Times

They also wore hidden earpieces, through which they allegedly received instructions on when to wager on card games.

From BBC

The couple are accused of using the camera and a mobile phone to see the casino card table, and communicating with "deep seated earpieces" to bet on card games.

From Barron's

It had no earpieces, as modern eyeglasses do, but stayed on by means of a pinching mechanism that tightly gripped the bridge of the wearer’s nose.

From Literature