: a device that converts electrical energy into sound waves and is worn over or inserted into the ear
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The actors, too, wore headsets, their quips, shouts and whispers transmitted digitally into the audience’s ears, at times alternating between the left and right earphones.
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Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
At times, Jason and Tonya seem to border on George and Martha from Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, bickering with each other as Mikal listens or, more often than not, tunes it out with earphones on, playing video games.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025
The earphones and their accompanying software are both open-source, meaning that third parties are free to tweak them and share the results with other users.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 8 Apr. 2025
Third, connect your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to Wi-Fi and plug the charging cable into the bottom of the right earphone, then plug the other end of the cable into a USB charger or port.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
At times, Jason and Tonya seem to border on George and Martha from Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, bickering with each other as Mikal listens or, more often than not, tunes it out with earphones on, playing video games.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025
The earphones and their accompanying software are both open-source, meaning that third parties are free to tweak them and share the results with other users.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 8 Apr. 2025
Third, connect your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to Wi-Fi and plug the charging cable into the bottom of the right earphone, then plug the other end of the cable into a USB charger or port.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Earphone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earphone. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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earphone
noun
ear·phone
ˈi(ə)r-ˌfōn 
: a device that changes electrical energy into sound waves and is worn over or inserted into the ear
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