Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A microphone.
- v. To supply with or transmit through a microphone.
Wiktionary
- n. informal A microphone.
- v. To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on.
- v. To measure using a micrometer.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. informal A microphone, the device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
Examples
“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.”
“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)”
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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”
“Im sure mike is contemplating what little he can in his dying stupor.”
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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
“Makes me wonder if the god of the golden mike is actually a bit more challenged than was already apparent ......”
“Grammy award winner Rod Stewart whispers to Joy Behar during a recent interview, failing to realize that the mike is still on.”
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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
“James Montgomery Beggs again, lol this should be a happy process keep mike is a little over the top given the past months since the election.”
“Scott, At Homer we went with "Captain mike's Charters" he has a websight also.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mike’.
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Common English Words That Are Also Fi...
art, bob, bill, grace, hope, john, heather, pat, amber, jack, dale, glen and 170 more...
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funny names
funny names
gertrude, vernon, clarence, stanley, edwick, edwick the dead cow, bert, sebastian, yngwie, cliff, gary, barbara and 59 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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Patty4jc's Words
family names
amy, brooke, brittany, billy, brandon, william, harvey, patricia, ann, regina, lee, corey and 94 more...
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INTERP - VOCABULARY
The vocabulary of conference interpreting. I commend this list to those who want to know more about the profession and to those who wish to organize their knowledge about the profession. To aspirin...
retour language, A-language, B-language, C-language, relay language, take sy on relay, language booth, booth meeting, mic, mike, mission, freelance interpr... and 2086 more...
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Phonetic alphabet, Norwegian edition
The standard NATO phonetic alphabet with the norwegian additions
alpha, bravo, charlie, delta, echo, foxtrot, golf, hotel, india, juliet, kilo, lima and 17 more...
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The Phonetic Alphabet
Used extensively in the transportation industry, the military, Ham radio operators etc. The alphabet was different during WWII, viz.:
Able Baker Charlie Dog Easy Fox George How ...zulu, yankee, x-ray, whiskey, victor, uniform, tango, sierra, romeo, quebec, papa, oscar and 14 more...
Tweets
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EditorMark "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." Aug 21, 2009