Meanings
nounearplug (plural earplugs)
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.
verbearplug (third-person singular simple present earplugs, present participle earplugging, simple past and past participle earplugged)
present singular third person earplugs · participle present earplugging · participle past earplugged · past earplugged
- transitiveTo fit with earplugs.
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 river1 more example
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 Psychobiology, Volume 8
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Bulgarian тапа за уши
- тапа за уши (tapa za uši)protective clothing for the ear canal
Chinese Mandarin 耳塞, 耳栓
- 耳塞 (ěrsāi)protective clothing for the ear canal
- 耳栓 (ěrshuān)protective clothing for the ear canal
Czech špunt do ucha
- špunt do uchaprotective clothing for the ear canal
Danish øreprop
- ørepropprotective clothing for the ear canal
Dutch oordopje
- oordopjeprotective clothing for the ear canal
Finnish korvatulppa
- korvatulppaprotective clothing for the ear canal
French bouchon d’oreille
- bouchon d’oreilleprotective clothing for the ear canal
German Ohropax, Ohrenstöpsel
- Ohropaxprotective clothing for the ear canal
- Ohrenstöpselprotective clothing for the ear canal
- Ohrstöpselprotective clothing for the ear canal
Greek ωτασπίδα
- ωτασπίδα (otaspída)protective clothing for the ear canal
Hungarian füldugó
- füldugóprotective clothing for the ear canal
Icelandic eyrnatappi
- eyrnatappiprotective clothing for the ear canal
Indonesian sumbat telinga
- sumbat telingaprotective clothing for the ear canal
Italian tappi per le orecchie, tappi auricolari
- tappi per le orecchieprotective clothing for the ear canal
- tappi auricolariprotective clothing for the ear canal
Japanese 耳栓
- 耳栓 (mimisen)protective clothing for the ear canal
Malay penyumbat telinga
- penyumbat telingaprotective clothing for the ear canal
Māori purutaringa
- purutaringaprotective clothing for the ear canal
Norwegian Bokmål øreplugg, ørepropp
- ørepluggprotective clothing for the ear canal
- øreproppprotective clothing for the ear canal
Polish zatyczka do uszu
- zatyczka do uszuprotective clothing for the ear canal
Russian беру́ши, заты́чка для уше́й
- беру́ши (berúši)protective clothing for the ear canal
- заты́чка для уше́й (zatýčka dlja ušéj)protective clothing for the ear canal
Spanish tapón para los oídos, tapón auricular
- tapón para los oídosprotective clothing for the ear canal
- tapón auricularprotective clothing for the ear canal
- tapón auditivoprotective clothing for the ear canal
- tapón auditorioprotective clothing for the ear canal
- tapón acústicoprotective clothing for the ear canal
Swedish öronpropp
- öronproppprotective clothing for the ear canal
Turkish kulak tıkacı
- kulak tıkacıprotective clothing for the ear canal
Ukrainian затичка для вуха
- затичка для вуха (zatyčka dlja vuxa)protective clothing for the ear canal
Vietnamese nút tai, bịt tai
- nút taiprotective clothing for the ear canal
- bịt taiprotective clothing for the ear canal
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with earplug
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Cite this entry
APA
earplug. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earplug
MLA
“earplug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earplug. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earplug,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earplug.
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