open mic

noun

variants or less commonly open mike
: an event in which amateurs may perform (as at a comedy club) usually without auditioning first

Examples of open mic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In those moments, Zayn’s MTV Unplugged set becomes a singular barstool in a bustling café where no one is paying too much attention to the man on the open mic stage. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024 On open mic nights and town halls, the conversations easily rise in laughter or fall to serious banter — exactly how the sisters want it. Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for open mic 

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Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of open mic was in 1978

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“Open mic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20mic. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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