Meaning of Headphones | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
   plural, plural-normally
2. A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or on the ears.
   plural, plural-normally, specifically

Equivalents

Examples

“Circumaural headphones enclose the ear, supra-aural headphones rest⟳ on the ear's surface, and earbuds are placed inside the ear.”

“My headphones / They saved my life / Your tape / It lulled me to sleep⟳”

“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?”

“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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