headphones

/ ˈhɛdˌfəʊnz /

plural noun

1. Informal name: cans. an electrical device consisting of two earphones held in position by a flexible metallic strap passing over the head

Example Sentences

Matt Kingston took his headphones out as he saw a group of people heading his way in coach H and also began running down the train.

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“I don’t wear headphones; I like to have conversations. You meet someone new and they’re putting something permanent on you that will change you forever. It’s a very deep connection.”

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Those efforts helped sales for things like trading cards, headphones and items like the Nintendo Switch 2.

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In practice, contemporary house churches might gather in parks for Olympic-style race walking sessions, listen to a sermon on their headphones, and discuss it as they finished.

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A coroner has released a number of videos that show teenager Noah Donohoe leaving his house in the early hours of the day he disappeared, and returning barefoot and without his headphones.

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Related Words

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• headphone 
• headset