Sekirov Dictionary

mike

/ˈmaɪk/

verb 2
noun 6
forms 4
phrases 2

verb2

•
To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on.
- “And sometimes I’d just have to mike the room. You could run into some weird phasing problems with the individual mics because the speakers were all reacting differently.” — 1994
•
To measure using a micrometer.
- 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. — 1983

noun6

•
(informal) A microphone.
- "Then I say to the recording, for the record," I barked, right into the mike, […] — 1970
A radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter M.
Alternative letter-case form of Mike from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
•
(slang) A minute.
- We'll be there in one zero mikes [i.e. ten minutes].
(slang) Clipping of microgram.
•
(slang) An Irishman, especially a labourer.
- Gott strafe the roll-call, hurrah for the 'Mikes,' / Hurrah for the rebel boys that organised the strikes, / For everywhere the roll was called their names they didn't know. — 2006

forms

miked · miking · mikes · Mikes

Phrases with mike

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