earplug

English

Etymology

ear +‎ plug

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.

Translations

protective clothing for the ear canal

Bulgarian: тапа за уши (tapa za uši)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 耳塞 (zh) (ěrsāi), 耳栓 (ěrshuān)
Czech: špunt do ucha m
Dutch: oordopje (nl) n
Finnish: korvatulppa (fi)
French: bouchon d’oreille (fr) m
German: Ohropax n, Ohrenstöpsel (de) m, Ohrstöpsel (de) m
Greek: ωτασπίδα (el) (otaspída)

Japanese: 耳栓 (みみせん, mimisen)
Maori: purutaringa
Navajo: jaayiʼ abínágiłí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: øreplugg m, ørepropp m

Nynorsk: øyreplugg m, øyrepropp m
Russian: беру́ши (ru) pl (berúši), заты́чка для уше́й f (zatýčka dlja ušéj)
Spanish: tapón m, tapón para los oídos m
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Verb

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.

Anagrams

graupel, pergula, plaguer

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