MIKE

microphone, mike, mic

(noun) device for converting sound waves into electrical energy

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

mike (plural mikes)

(informal) A microphone.

Verb

mike (third-person singular simple present mikes, present participle miking, simple past and past participle miked)

To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on.

To measure using a micrometer.

Usage notes

• This term is often found in the synonymous phrasal verb mike up, as in the 2006 quotation above.

Etymology 2

Noun

mike (plural mikes)

(military, slang) A minute.

Anagrams

• Kemi, Kime, kime

Etymology

Proper noun

Mike (countable and uncountable, plural Mikes)

(countable) A diminutive of the male given name Michael.

(countable) A diminutive of the female given name Michaela.

(uncountable) The letter M in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Anagrams

• Kemi, Kime, kime

Source: Wiktionary



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