: a device that converts electrical energy into sound waves and is worn over or inserted into the ear
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One other example is a kind of music Mafia — eight people with earphones are dancing, six people have one music, and two people have different music.
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Jason Anthony, Vulture, 1 July 2025
These new wireless earphones have an IPX4 rating and can play for up to six hours on a single charge of the earbuds’ batteries, although that figure dips to four hours if the immersive audio feature is turned on.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Although the music was a bit too loud for some students, who wore earphones and earplugs.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 1 June 2025
Six years later, while sitting on a metal toilet in his cell at the Central Correctional Institution in South Carolina, Godwin attempted to fix a pair of earphones connected to his TV.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
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Jason Anthony, Vulture, 1 July 2025
These new wireless earphones have an IPX4 rating and can play for up to six hours on a single charge of the earbuds’ batteries, although that figure dips to four hours if the immersive audio feature is turned on.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Although the music was a bit too loud for some students, who wore earphones and earplugs.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 1 June 2025
Six years later, while sitting on a metal toilet in his cell at the Central Correctional Institution in South Carolina, Godwin attempted to fix a pair of earphones connected to his TV.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
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“Earphone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earphone. Accessed 16 Jul. 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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