Meaning of be-headphoned | Babel Free

Definitions

Wearing headphones.

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Examples

“She was, in fact, constitutionally impervious to statistics and preferred to study⟳ the be-headphoned group of fifteen or so lethargic wanderers who were taking even less notice⟳ of the remorseless squawkings than she was. […] There must be some perfectly simple explanation of the fact that twenty-eight be-headphoned zombies at Exeter University, plied as they were with computerized information on tape, knew the findings of the air crash⟳ hearing even before the press⟳ did.”

“There were two pilots inside, strapped in and be-headphoned at their stations.”

“A colourful roustabout aimed mainly at kids, players control⟳ two be[-]headphoned little creatures as they tour the Sonic city, looking for opportunities to dance⟳ to disco and kick⟳ the baddies.”

“The card school, the reader, the be-headphoned groover – I don’t think⟳ much has changed in the habits of passing the time on board⟳ the team bus.”

“Standing there in the car park⟳ with Prasanth’s camera trained on me and Dan, be-headphoned and with a microphone pointing at Chris, I was just having a minor media whore moment – of the kind you’d expect⟳ to see⟳ if you teleported a film crew of Channel 4 gits to the centre of somewhere that really couldn’t give⟳ a toss – when in cycled a man at great speed⟳ on a bicycle that appeared slightly too small for him.”

“Gary Crowton was basically be-head-phoned in 2008. The crafty LSU offensive coordinator rarely was able to unleash his playbook and keep⟳ his headphones tuned to the state of the art in play⟳ calling as he did during LSU’s national championship season in 2007.”

“The be-headphoned Matt Le Tissier, Paul Merson, Phil Thompson and Charlie Nicholas are an excellent quartet, working perfectly in tandem with Stelling, a genuine broadcasting genius.”

“Straight out of the Gaithers’ mobile makeup/hair salon, the freshly coiffed gospel music mogul talked to me as we walked through a flashing gauntlet of video equipment and be[-]headphoned, fast-talking stage⟳ technicians, wires flailing behind them like⟳ jellyfish tentacles.”

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