earplug
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈɪrˌplʌg/
:
tapón para los oídos
- We get ourselves fitted with earplugs and goggles and enter the firing range.
- wear earplugs
- use earplugs
As soon as that helmet goes on, our earplugs go in, we're alone.
- As soon as that helmet goes on, our earplugs go in, we're alone.
- So I wear earplugs, like just soft wax earplugs to bed.
- And then earplugs, just a basic pair of earplugs that help me sleep without interruption.
- Like Ozzy Osbourne is essentially deaf because he never wore those earplugs that would protect his hearing.
- So I now sleep with earplugs, which just a simple foam ones like nothing crazy.
- But it also said that some people, like children can't fit the ear, the foam earplugs in their ear canals, so it doesn't work for them.
- Maybe you need earplugs if you're a bed partner makes a noise during the night.
- So, so broadly what our intervention was doing was trying to address environmental factors, you know, earplugs, eye shades, curtain, table fan, etcetera.
Examples
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So I wear earplugs, like just soft wax earplugs to bed.
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On our way home, we stopped at a profumeria, where Daddy bought me earplugs.
Academic text (2002) -
Some parents have their children insert an earplug, but children do not always keep them clean.
Academic text (2003) -
And he turns to the Queen and says, I told you we should have brought the earplugs, that kind of thing.
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I hope you brought your earplugs.This is great.
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- Are the earplugs not working?
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The second basic reason for the use of earplugs is noise reduction.
Academic text (1995) -
So I now sleep with earplugs, which just a simple foam ones like nothing crazy.
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There are two basic reasons for recommending the use of earplugs for individuals.
Academic text (1995) -
I wear earplugs during concerts to protect my hearing from loud music.
How Protective
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Earplug joins ear and plug, and the plug part means 'stopper' or 'something that fills a hole'. So an earplug is a small stopper you put in the ear to keep out water, noise, or dust.