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Definition of headphone
: an earphone held over the ear by a band worn on the head —usually used in plural
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Recent Examples of headphone from the Web
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Much of the free event was devoted to a silent disco, as fans listened to music using headphones and a cellphone app from iHeartRadio.
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Visitors to the truck trailer wore headphones that described the various settings that were made to look like Yannely's home in the Dominican Republic.
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Players can purchase food, glasses, headphones and bracelets that supposedly provide allergy relief.
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Burk said the man was wearing headphones at the time.
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Today, Jeremy is completing the 10th grade, moves around in a wheel chair and wears headphones because of hypersensitivity to sounds.
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Never travel without a headphone splitter — that’s my mom tip.
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The pink-noise bursts were played through headphones at specific intervals, synchronized according to each subject’s brain waves.
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Gomez wears a Coach blush pink prairie dress and totes the brand's Swagger bag while radiating her classic Cool Girl vibe from the backseat (no neck pillows and headphones here).
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First Known Use of headphone
1908
HEADPHONE Defined for Kids
headphone
playDefinition of headphone for Students
: an earphone held over the ear by a band worn on the head
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