"mic-check" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: mic-checks [present, singular, third-person], mic-checking [participle, present], mic-checked [participle, past], mic-checked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} mic-check (third-person singular simple present mic-checks, present participle mic-checking, simple past and past participle mic-checked)
  1. (informal) To use the human microphone technique to interrupt a public speech. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-mic-check-en-verb-tNftieT- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mic-check meaning in English (1.1kB)

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