headphone
Americannoun
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Audio. a headset designed for use with a stereo system.
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any set of earphones.
Etymology
Origin of headphone
Example Sentences
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To solve the problem, they created a square-shaped device that could plug into a smartphone’s headphone jack and read credit cards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Simply click the headphone icon — which also shows how long listening to the story will take — and an automated voice will read the article aloud.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025
Koss Corp. a headphone manufacturer, rose more than 14% and BlackBerry, the one time dominant smartphone maker, climbed more than 4%.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
Either through voice commands or a smartphone app, headphone wearers can select which sounds they want to include from 20 classes, such as sirens, baby cries, speech, vacuum cleaners and bird chirps.
From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023
I held the soft pad of a headphone against my ear.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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