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It is held over or inserted into the ear
Answer for the clue "It is held over or inserted into the ear ", 9 letters:
headphone
Alternative clues for the word headphone
Word definitions for headphone in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A listening device placed or worn in the ear, usually sold in pairs
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1914, from head (n.) + second element extracted from telephone .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked" [syn: earphone , earpiece , phone ]
Usage examples of headphone.
The first invested him reverently with the headphones, the second so enwrapped his head in black cloth that it was apparent to all observers that his vision was completely obscured.
She motioned toward the lightweight headphones on her console, then at two additional sets in front of Gordian and Megan.
I looked over to see Clarke hurriedly stuffing her newspaper into a bag, while Rolly took off his headphones, standing up.
I slipped the headphones from his ears and the whole room was filled with the sophisticated sounds of Wreckless Eric.
I were riding through the forested hills above Baidarka 6 Admin Center in a rented Volvo Planetokhod Jeepster, nothing in our ears but the click of our rebreather valves, the soft whisper of static in the headphones.
There was nothing threatening about her presence and nothing outright illegal about what they were doing, but Andi purposefully neglected to put in the cassette--she left the headphones on the table and flicked the switch for its built-in speaker.
I were riding through the forested hills above Baidarka 6 Admin Center in a rented Volvo Planetokhod Jeepster, nothing in our ears but the click of our rebreather valves, the soft whisper of static in the headphones.
A man in an FBI windbreaker was kneeling in the dark at the edge of the kill zone and Fagin thought at first that it was Banish, but upon closer examination saw that it was someone else, an agent in headphones mounting a microphone gun with a parabolic dish.
There were headphones at every position already tuned for simultaneous translation from the multilinguists unseen behind their smoked glass windows overlooking the chamber.
Every guard wore headphones connected to an antennalike detector that he waved rhythmically in front of him-the same devices they used twice a week to sweep for electronic bugs inside the Vatican.
The astronomers needed headphones and microphones to talk with one another.
Cancellation Technologies in Connecticut has been developing ANC headphones that may be able to adapt to the everchanging quality and quantity of street noise.
His laughter was still crackling in her headphones as she shot down the street and, two checkpoints later, she was back on the Jamaicaway.
Millennial Fizzy with stereo headphones on, and he hurriedly puts out his cigarette when Gately enters and closes the little drawer in the bedside table where Foss keeps his ashtray just like everybody else.
She wore headphones, apparently listening to music as she watched their approach to Orion Station on a nearby seat monitor.