eat the mic in English

Forms: eats the mic [present, singular, third-person], eating the mic [participle, present], ate the mic [past], eaten the mic [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|eat<,,ate,eaten> the mic}} eat the mic (third-person singular simple present eats the mic, present participle eating the mic, simple past ate the mic, past participle eaten the mic)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "eats the mic",
      "tags": [
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "eating the mic",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ate the mic",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eaten the mic",
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          "text": "The sound engineer, frustrated with constantly having to adjust the levels, told the singer to eat the mic.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To speak or sing with one's mouth close to, or in contact with, a microphone."
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          "mouth",
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        ],
        [
          "microphone",
          "microphone"
        ]
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        "(idiomatic) To speak or sing with one's mouth close to, or in contact with, a microphone."
      ],
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  "word": "eat the mic"
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    {
      "form": "eats the mic",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "eating the mic",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ate the mic",
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    {
      "form": "eaten the mic",
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        "past"
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        "(idiomatic) To speak or sing with one's mouth close to, or in contact with, a microphone."
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}

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"eat the mic" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms