headphone

[hed-fohn]

Audio. a headset designed for use with a stereo system.

any set of earphones.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1910–15; head + -phone

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Meanwhile, it was no secret that Apple had a headphone problem.
Tim Cook’s Apple: Middling Products Designed to Pad the Bottom Line While Gouging Loyal Customers|Marlow Stern|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No matter what the soft drink commercials and headphone companies say, football is not about the star players.
Why the Yanks Don’t Get Futbol|Nico Hines|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The majority of the somewhat strange soundtracks are reserved for headphone listening—a silent disco of sorts.
These Young Artists Want You to Feel Something|Chloë Ashby|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Then well get the Inca to put on the headphone and give him an earful from the battlement.
The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure|Gerald Breckenridge

Wires were then run to the transformer, tuner attached, the headphone wired on, and the aerial and ground connections made.
The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure|Gerald Breckenridge
As he tugged and struggled with them a shout rang in his headphone.
Astounding Stories, February, 1931|Various
I picked up the interior sounds at once; my headphone vibrated with them.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930|Various
He indicated Jack, who at his fathers direction, continued to wear the headphone and smiled invitingly.
The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure|Gerald Breckenridge

Word Origin and History for headphone

1914, from head (n.) + second element extracted from telephone.