headphones

English

Etymology

From head +‎ phones.

Noun

headphones pl (normally plural, singular headphone)

  1. A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
    Synonyms: cans (slang), heads
    Circumaural headphones enclose the ear, supra-aural headphones rest on the ear's surface, and earbuds are placed inside the ear.
    • 2005, Richard Corliss, Time, Profile of A.R. Rahman:
      Toward the end of the film Nazu rushes into her bedroom, clamps on headphones and listens to the technopoppy "I Wanna Be Free." The picturization shows her moving convulsively, desperately to the funky beat, turning ever more agitated, until we wonder what she wants to be free from: free from her domestic vise, or free from life?
    • 2021 May 31, Alexandra Marvar, “The New Detectorists”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      Detectorists may also carry headphones, a metal detecting shovel, hand tools such as a hori-hori (a serrated, steel hand shovel), a “finds pouch,” and a hand-held precision detector called a pinpointer.

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