mike

noun

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\ ˈmīk

Definition of mike

(Entry 1 of 3)

: microphone

mike

verb

miked; miking

Definition of mike (Entry 2 of 3)

transitive verb

: to supply with a microphone

Mike

communications code word

\ ˈmīk

Definition of Mike (Entry 3 of 3)

—used as a code word for the letter m

Examples of mike in a Sentence

Noun The announcer was wearing a mike.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The venue’s open-mike event, Grito de Boyle Heights, is hosted by Sammy Quetzalli on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2021 In the back, Andy Conrad picked up a mike to challenge the emphasis on extending maximum life span, which is currently around a hundred and fifteen. — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 At the mike, Meera Dasgupta—a former New York City Youth Poet Laureate, and the reigning National Youth Poet Laureate—introduced her poem. — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 17 May 2021 Eztli, who has become a talent scout for poets across southeastern Los Angeles, likewise met Torres at an open mike night at Cruzita’s Deli in Huntington Park about four years ago. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2021 Coyle knit three prototypes, and within a few days the group had named it the Pussyhat, a reference to Trump’s hot-mike moment with Billy Bush. — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2021 Jump won the ferocious battle, as teammates provided dramatic tableside commentary, using a shampoo bottle as a mike. — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2021 Oakley parents push for classroom reopenings after entire school board resigns over hot mike moment. — Anna Buchmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Feb. 2021 That’s how Benioff tossed the virtual mike to Taylor on a call with Wall Street analysts to discuss Salesforce’s quarterly earnings. — Owen Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 20 Dec. 2020

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