Mike
3 of 3communications code word
—used as a code word for the letter m
Examples of mike in a Sentence
Noun
The announcer was wearing a mike.
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Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
The only time the two really rode roughshod over the mikes was in an extended dispute toward the end of the debate over their golf handicaps.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
On TikTok, there are the dentist heads — smaller, miked up, parked on the bottom-left or -right corner of the screen — and then there are the mouths.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Lapel mikes were fastened to MetroCards, which the talkers held in front of their faces.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
The only time the two really rode roughshod over the mikes was in an extended dispute toward the end of the debate over their golf handicaps.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
Verb
The job’s formative practitioners were smart, galloping, and bold: Lester Bangs loudly typing a review live onstage with the J. Geils Band at Cobo Hall, wearing sunglasses, his Smith-Corona miked like a Stratocaster.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
On TikTok, there are the dentist heads — smaller, miked up, parked on the bottom-left or -right corner of the screen — and then there are the mouths.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Mike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mike. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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