Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A microphone.
- transitive verb To supply with or transmit through a microphone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun informal A
microphone , the device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun informal A
microphone . - verb To
microphone ; to place one or moremicrophones (mikes) on. - verb To measure using a
micrometer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
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Examples
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Pranjal: @Rhonda - use firefox browser, Stop using IE, www. firefox.com Pranjal: @mike - try again as they always say! it will work eventually. mike: I uploaded the 2.1 and still get dropped calls.
Thinktechno.com Pushkar 2008
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And this is for a guy who, unlike most CN blogs, has a full RSS feed. miner's post is up, including a quote from adee in which he calls mike a shit stirrer and a stat that CN has 13M pageviews a month (or $65000 a month)
Journerdism | Will Sullivan's Stompin' ground for journalists and nerds. 2010
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Grammy award winner Rod Stewart whispers to Joy Behar during a recent interview, failing to realize that the mike is still on.
Carole Mallory: 'Some Guys Have All the Luck': Memories of Rod Stewart Carole Mallory 2010
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If you kept hearing russ limbum and sara palin mike stelle and fox news i hope the repuckiicans go to k mart and buy tissue on sale you will need it to cry on when you get your butt kicked in nouember
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In his fourth season since NBC created that role, his mike is left open, his headset covers only one ear so he can eavesdrop on the benches, and several teams use the spot in their local broadcasts.
Fox sports reporter Glazer keeps fighting for mixed martial arts 2009
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Makes me wonder if the god of the golden mike is actually a bit more challenged than was already apparent ......
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Grammy award winner Rod Stewart whispers to Joy Behar during a recent interview, failing to realize that the mike is still on.
Carole Mallory: 'Some Guys Have All the Luck': Memories of Rod Stewart Carole Mallory 2010
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Im sure mike is contemplating what little he can in his dying stupor.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Trek Fan’s Review Forum 2009
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Grammy award winner Rod Stewart whispers to Joy Behar during a recent interview, failing to realize that the mike is still on.
Carole Mallory: 'Some Guys Have All the Luck': Memories of Rod Stewart Carole Mallory 2010
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The mike is open. var doubleclick_ad_params = 'wg = 0; wa = 0; wc = US; jid = 2658650;!
kateelliott: More Questions for the Hive Mind: or, Memories of Disasters Past kateelliott 2009
EditorMark commented on the word mike
"Mike" dates to the 1920s, according to the OED, while "mic" dates to the 1960s. Most dictionaries consider "mic" a variant. Yet Wordnik's stats show a recent explosion in its use. Why? "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" both spell it "mic."
August 21, 2009