headphone

[ hed-fohn ]

/ ˈhɛdˌfoʊn /

Audio. a headset designed for use with a stereo system.

any set of earphones.

Origin of headphone

First recorded in 1910–15; head + -phone

Meanwhile, it was no secret that Apple had a headphone problem.

Tim Cook’s Apple: Middling Products Designed to Pad the Bottom Line While Gouging Loyal Customers |Marlow Stern |June 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
No matter what the soft drink commercials and headphone companies say, football is not about the star players.

Why the Yanks Don’t Get Futbol |Nico Hines |June 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The majority of the somewhat strange soundtracks are reserved for headphone listening—a silent disco of sorts.

These Young Artists Want You to Feel Something |Chloë Ashby |November 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Then well get the Inca to put on the headphone and give him an earful from the battlement.

The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure |Gerald Breckenridge

Wires were then run to the transformer, tuner attached, the headphone wired on, and the aerial and ground connections made.

The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure |Gerald Breckenridge
As he tugged and struggled with them a shout rang in his headphone.

Astounding Stories, February, 1931 |Various
I picked up the interior sounds at once; my headphone vibrated with them.

Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 |Various
He indicated Jack, who at his fathers direction, continued to wear the headphone and smiled invitingly.

The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure |Gerald Breckenridge