"mike" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmaɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mike.wav Forms: mikes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: Alteration of mic, clipping of microphone. Attested since 1927. Etymology templates: {{clipping of|en|microphone|nocap=1}} clipping of microphone. Head templates: {{en-noun}} mike (plural mikes)
  1. (informal) A microphone. Tags: informal Derived forms: mike fright, mike sock, mike stew, off-mike, open mike, power mike Translations (informal: microphone): (mai¹) (Chinese Cantonese), mikki (Finnish), micro [masculine] (French), Mikro [neuter] (German), mick (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mike-en-noun-8xHpNLHO Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Telugu translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 26 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 52 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 43 28 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 25 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 52 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 51 30 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmaɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mike.wav Forms: mikes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: From translingual Mike, representing the letter m, from English Mike. Etymology templates: {{der|en|mul|Mike}} translingual Mike, {{der|en|en|Mike}} English Mike Head templates: {{en-noun}} mike (plural mikes)
  1. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Mike from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Mike from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet
    Sense id: en-mike-en-noun-V2mkPRNA Categories (other): English terms borrowed back into English Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 88 12
  2. (military, slang) A minute. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-mike-en-noun-HeboLpTe Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 40 mike-mike
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈmaɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mike.wav Forms: mikes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪk Head templates: {{en-noun}} mike (plural mikes)
  1. (slang) Short for microgram. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, slang Alternative form of: microgram
    Sense id: en-mike-en-noun-4tXV4Io1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 20 2 57 3 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 17 18 4 53 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 17 3 63 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈmaɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mike.wav Forms: mikes [present, singular, third-person], miking [participle, present], miked [participle, past], miked [past]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: Alteration of mic, clipping of microphone. Attested since 1927. Etymology templates: {{clipping of|en|microphone|nocap=1}} clipping of microphone. Head templates: {{en-verb}} mike (third-person singular simple present mikes, present participle miking, simple past and past participle miked)
  1. To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on. Translations (to place one or more microphones on): mikittää (Finnish), mick [common-gender] (Swedish), మైకు (maiku) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-mike-en-verb-1N6iXre3 Disambiguation of 'to place one or more microphones on': 98 2
  2. To measure using a micrometer.
    Sense id: en-mike-en-verb-u59foE-k
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mic
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "咪"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "informal: microphone",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "informal: microphone",
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "informal: microphone",
      "word": "mick"
    }
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}

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          "text": "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,\n“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.”"
        },
        {
          "text": "1996, J.R. Robinson, quoted in Mark Huntly Parsons, The Drummer’s Studio Survival Guide: How to get the best possible drum tracks on any recording project, Hal Leonard, →ISBN, page 72,\nHe knows me, I know him, and I know how he’s going to mike the drums and what selection of mic’s he's going to use."
        },
        {
          "text": "2006, Glenn Haertlein, Project Vectus, Lulu, →ISBN, page 108,\n“Zeb, is everything go on the AV equipment?” I heard Jim ask. ¶ “Yep,” Zeb replied. “I just need to mike him up.” […] “All set,” he said once he clipped the wireless microphone to my shirtfront."
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          "text": "1983, Tom S. Wilson, How to Rebuild Your Big-block Chevy, HPBooks, →ISBN, page 98,\nMeasure 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."
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    {
      "word": "mic"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to place one or more microphones on",
      "word": "mikittää"
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      "word": "మైకు"
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          "text": "We'll be there in one zero mikes [i.e. ten minutes].",
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        }
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          "word": "microgram"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1970, Milton Travers, Each Other's Victims, page 43:",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-aɪk"
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  ],
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}

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