earplug
Noun
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Noun
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.
- French: bouchon d’oreille
- German: Ohropax, Ohrenstöpsel, Ohrstöpsel
- Russian: беру́ши
- Spanish: tapón, tapón para los oído
earplug (earplugs, present participle earplugging; 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.
- 1975, International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Developmental Psychobiology, Volume 8
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