earplug
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.
Noun
- 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.
Origin
From ear + plug.
Forms
Verb
- To fit with earplugs.
- In this same strain of mouse, earplugging from 17-22 days postpartum is effective in inducing susceptibility to audiogenic seizures... - 1975, International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Developmental...
- There wasn't much I could tell him, earplugged, but I crawled into turbine number 3 and waved him on in. - 1992, Robin Cody, Ricochet river: