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mike¹
- /ˈmaɪk/
Rhymes with -aɪk
Where it comes from
Alteration of mic, clipping of microphone. Attested since 1927.
noun mikes
- A microphone. 1970, Theodore Sturgeon and Edward H. Waldo, "The Pod in the Barrier", in A Touch of Strange, Ayer Publishing, →ISBN, page 28, "Then I say to the recording, for the record," I barked, right into the mike, […]
verb mikes · miking · miked · mic
- To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on. 1994 September, Jim Gaines, transcribed in Alan di Perna, "Step Lively: Recalling the recording process of SRV’s IN STEP with album producer Jim Gaines", in Guitar World Magazine, reprinted in Guitar World Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan: Stevie Ray In His Own Words, Hal Leonard (1997), →ISBN, page 81,
- To measure using a micrometer. 1983, Tom S. Wilson, How to Rebuild Your Big-block Chevy, HPBooks, →ISBN, page 98, Measure Valve-Stem Diameter—To be positive about it you’ll have to mike the valve stem with a 1-in. micrometer as explained on pages 100 and 101.
mike²
- /ˈmaɪk/
Rhymes with -aɪk
Where it comes from
From translingual Mike, representing the letter m, from English Mike.
noun mikes
- Alternative letter-case form of Mike from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet
- A minute. We'll be there in one zero mikes [i.e. ten minutes].
mike³
- /ˈmaɪk/
Rhymes with -aɪk
noun mikes
- Clipping of microgram The beginner's dose may be anywhere from 100 to 250 mikes — micrograms, or millionths of a gram. Most hardened heads need 600 to 800 mikes, and some as many as 1,400 mikes, before they experience any sensation of getting off.
Mike⁴
- /maɪk/
- [mɐɪʔk] Canada, US
Sounds like mike, mic · Rhymes with -aɪk
Where it comes from
Shortened from Michael.
noun
- A radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter M.
noun Mikes
-
An Irishman, especially a labourer.
[…] very hard work, a holy day — & the boys went on to […] & took the Mikes, so I cd get no helper but Marty — had to set up Punch & Judy show — & when I proposed to decorate tree heard it was still in the woods! However John Rourke appeared & dug up a small silver, to be planted again […]
Similar: mick
proper noun Mikes
- A diminutive of the male given name Michael. West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin was not impressed with the executive orders, calling them a “troubling example” of executive overreach that “could harm us for generations.”
- A diminutive of the female given name Michaela.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: microphone, mic, minute, sky, wire, mark, sergeant, nick, tyler, micro, bob, mich, michel, around, mack, fai
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