mike

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noun

mike

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verb

miked; miking

transitive verb

: to supply with a microphone

Mike

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communications code word

used as a code word for the letter m

Examples of mike in a Sentence

Noun The announcer was wearing a mike.
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Noun
Lapel mikes were fastened to MetroCards, which the talkers held in front of their faces. Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024 The only time the two really rode roughshod over the mikes was in an extended dispute toward the end of the debate over their golf handicaps. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
Verb
The job’s formative practitioners were smart, galloping, and bold: Lester Bangs loudly typing a review live onstage with the J. Geils Band at Cobo Hall, wearing sunglasses, his Smith-Corona miked like a Stratocaster. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024 On TikTok, there are the dentist heads — smaller, miked up, parked on the bottom-left or -right corner of the screen — and then there are the mouths. Emma Alpern, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mike 

Word History

Etymology

Noun

by shortening & alteration

First Known Use

Noun

1924, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1939, in the meaning defined above

Communications Code Word

1942, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mike was in 1924

Dictionary Entries Near mike

Cite this Entry

“Mike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mike. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

mike

noun
ˈmīk
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