earplug
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
earplug (plural earplugs)
- A piece of protective gear meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the wearer's hearing from loud noises or the intrusion of water.
Translations edit
protective clothing for the ear canal
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Verb edit
earplug (third-person singular simple present earplugs, present participle earplugging, simple past and past participle earplugged)
- (transitive) To fit with earplugs.
- 1975, International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Developmental Psychobiology, Volume 8:
- In this same strain of mouse, earplugging from 17-22 days postpartum is effective in inducing susceptibility to audiogenic seizures...
- 1992, Robin Cody, Ricochet river:
- There wasn't much I could tell him, earplugged, but I crawled into turbine number 3 and waved him on in.