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

The crowd is an assortment of reporters, posse members, film students, and very skittish men sporting huge AOL headphones.

James and the Giant Internet Company: Franco and AOL Get Kissy Faces |Amy Zimmerman |September 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I used to sneak the DVD up to my room at night and watch it with headphones in the dark.

A Love Letter to ‘The Notebook,’ a Melodrama That Commits to Its Sentimentality |Teo Bugbee |June 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
To keep the child quiet, the adults slap a pair of headphones on the young Wookie as the boy watches a Boba Fett cartoon.

The Cult of Boba Fett: The ‘Star Wars’ Bounty Hunter’s Spin-Off |Rich Goldstein |June 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Language from the patent mandates that the technology be used with “hearing device, headphones, ear buds, or headsets.”

Apple Wants to Make Your Head Into an App |Abby Haglage |February 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Headphones are one of those accessories we often take for granted.

These Are the Best Fitness Gadgets at CES |Megan Humphreys |January 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There was dead silence in the ship, save for a small, tinny voice in Joe's headphones.

Space Tug |Murray Leinster
He listened in for another moment then 79 wonderingly took off the headphones while Herb grinned at him in triumph.

The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice |Allen Chapman
"You will fire in ten seconds," said a crisp voice in Joe's headphones.

Space Tug |Murray Leinster
He closed his eyes as he listened to the murmuring voice in the headphones.

Astounding Stories, August, 1931 |Various
Then he hung the headphones up and turned to the bewildered Lance.

Astounding Stories, February, 1931 |Various

headphones

/ (ˈhɛdˌfəʊnz) /

an electrical device consisting of two earphones held in position by a flexible metallic strap passing over the head Informal name: cans