earplug

English

An earplug

Etymology

From ear +‎ plug.

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪəplʌɡ/
  • (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ɪːplʌɡ/, /ɪjəplʌɡ/

    • Audio (Southern England); /ɪjəplʌɡ/:

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  • (Northern England, Midlands) IPA^(key): /ˈɪəplʊɡ/, /iːəplʊɡ/
  • (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ɛːplʌɡ/
  • (Scotland) IPA^(key): /iɾplʌɡ/, [iːɾplʌɡ]
  • (Wales) IPA^(key): /iːəpləɡ/, /jøːpləɡ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪɚplʌɡ/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ɪəplɐɡ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /iəplɐɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

earplug (plural earplugs)

1. 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

protective clothing for the ear canal

• Azerbaijani: qulaq tıxacı
• Bulgarian: тапа за уши (tapa za uši)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耳塞 (zh) (ěrsāi), 耳栓 (ěrshuān)

• Czech: špunt do ucha m
• Danish: øreprop (da) c
• Dutch: oordopje (nl) n
• Faroese: oyrnaproppur m
• Finnish: korvatulppa (fi)
• French: bouchon d’oreille (fr) m
• German: Ohropax n, Ohrenstöpsel (de) m, Ohrstöpsel (de) m
• Greek: ωτασπίδα (el) (otaspída)
• Hungarian: füldugó (hu)
• Icelandic: eyrnatappi (is) m
• Indonesian: sumbat telinga
• Italian: tappi per le orecchie, tappi auricolari
• Japanese: 耳栓 (ja) (みみせん, mimisen)
• Malay: penyumbat telinga
• Māori: purutaringa
• Navajo: jaayiʼ abínágiłí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: øreplugg m, ørepropp m

  Nynorsk: øyreplugg m, øyrepropp m

• Polish: zatyczka do uszu f
• Russian: беру́ши (ru) pl (berúši), заты́чка для уше́й f (zatýčka dlja ušéj)
• Spanish: tapón para los oídos m, tapón auricular m, tapón auditivo m, tapón auditorio m, tapón acústico m
• Swedish: öronpropp (sv) c
• Turkish: kulak tıkacı (tr)
• Ukrainian: затичка для вуха f (zatyčka dlja vuxa)
• Vietnamese: nút tai, bịt tai

Verb

earplug (third-person singular simple present earplugs, present participle earplugging, simple past and past participle earplugged)

1. (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.

See also

• earmuffs

Anagrams

• graupel, pergula, plaguer