earpiece

noun

ear·piece | \ ˈir-ˌpēs

Definition of earpiece

1 : the part of an instrument (such as a telephone, stethoscope, or hearing aid) that is placed against or inserted into the outer opening of the ear especially : earphone

2 : one of the two sidepieces that support eyeglasses by passing over or behind the ears

Examples of earpiece in a Sentence

the earpiece of a stethoscope

Recent Examples on the Web

Duke did take a sleeping pill the first night but woke up twice from errant master alarms and once from static in his earpiece. — Roger Simmons, The Seattle Times, "Apollo 11 astronauts were sleepless in the Sea of Tranquility on moon," 12 Apr. 2019 Instead, they were reportedly fed lines through an earpiece. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "Game of Thrones," 14 Jan. 2019 Google's notch houses two front-facing cameras—one wide-angle, one normal—and an earpiece/speaker. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Pixel 3 XL review—Google software deserves better than this hardware," 15 Oct. 2018 Reports, again from Bloomberg News, suggested earlier this year that the upgrade would include water resistance and a feature to use Siri by tapping the earpiece and saying the magic words. — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, "What to Expect From Apple's 2018 iPhone Event," 5 Sep. 2018 Above the camera is an earpiece speaker that is integrated into the edge of the glass. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "OnePlus 6T Review: Amazing value with an even more amazing fingerprint reader," 29 Oct. 2018 Late last year, Brooklyn’s Waverly Labs released the Pilot ($299, waverlylabs.com), one of several new intelligent earpieces that attempt to instantaneously translate foreign speech. — Dylan Love, WSJ, "Can Smart Earbuds Instantly Translate Foreign Speech?," 29 June 2018 The front adheres to many of the usual smartphone conventions—you get rounded display corners, a speaker/earpiece combo on top, and an 8MP front-facing camera. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Palm Phone Review: Fun, endearing, and bad at everything," 1 Dec. 2018 Most schemes involve variations on an earpiece that enables cheaters to get answers to the questions during the test. — Isabel Coles And, WSJ, "Make-or-Break Exams Bring Out the Best and Brightest Cheaters," 5 July 2018

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