headset
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]headset (plural headsets)
- A pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone.
- Any electronic device worn on the head.
- 2014 June 29, Adam Sherwin, “UK cinemas ban Google glasses over piracy risk”, in The Independent[1]:
- If you've just acquired a Google Glass headset for £1,000, don't show it off at the movies. UK cinemas are to ban the headsets over fears that the gadgets can be used to make pirate copies of Hollywood blockbusters.
- (cycling) On a bicycle, the system of bearings that connects the fork to the frame.
- (uncommon) A mindset.
- 1987 December 13, Elizabeth Pincus, quoting Mary Ann Peacott, “Rock Against Sexism”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 22, page 6:
- One member has this whole collection of 50s rockabilly by women. Like the blues, the lyrics reflect the headset of the time, so of course it's not all "non-sexist." But it's a great record, really connected to the roots of rock 'n roll.
Translations
[edit]pair of headphones or earphones
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electronic device worn on the head
on a bicycle, the system of bearings that connects the fork to the frame
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Further reading
[edit]headset (audio) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
headset (bicycle part) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kap-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kap- (head)
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