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Definition of Earplug

1. Noun. An earphone that is inserted into the ear canal.

2. Noun. A plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise.

Definition of Earplug

1. Noun. A piece of protective clothing that is meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the wearer's hearing from loud noises or the intrusion of water ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To fit with earplugs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Earplug

1. a plug for the ear [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Earplug

earnings earnings report earnout earnouts earns earnt earpad earpads earphone earphoned

earphones earpick earpicks earpiece earpieces earplug (current term) earplugged earplugging earplugs earreach

earring earringed earrings ears ears-only ears are burning earsful earsh earshes earshot

Literary usage of Earplug

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Secrets in Stone: Yokes, Hachas and Palmas from Southern Mesoamerica by Edwin M. Shook, Elayne Marquis (1996)
"The prominent earplug with attached curved element above as seen on our Fig. ... This type of earplug is frequently associated with Quetzalcoatl. ..."

2. Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus by Larry Humes, Lois Mary Joellenbeck, Jane Durch (2006)
"The earplug provides the ability to hear low-level sounds with less distortion or interference from attenuation than with traditional passive hearing ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"At the close of the year 1837 it was not only impossible to pay to the States the fourth installment of the earplug, hut even to meet the current expenses ..."

4. Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social by John Stuart Mill (1904)
"That any part of the earplug of one year remains to «upply the deficiency of another, is owing either to farmers who withhold corn from the market, ..."

5. The Canada Law Journalby Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1870)
"... elapsed without the agreement having heen acted on, the property was sold : Held, that the mortgagor was entitled to the earplug of the purchase-money. ..."

6. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"And so the circus folk, on the other hand, pride themselves on mental culture. If one of their number can write a passable song—no earplug criticisms are ..."

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