mike

noun

1. Also mic. Informal. microphone.

verb (used with object), miked, mik·ing.

2. Informal. to supply or amplify with one or more microphones; attach a microphone to: to mike a singer.

verb (used without object), miked, mik·ing.

3. Informal. to use or position a microphone: to mike properly when recording a singer.

Idioms

4. drop the mike, Informal. mic(def 2).

noun

1. a forklike support for a light cannon on a sailing ship.

noun

1. loafing; idling.

verb (used without object), miked, mik·ing.

2. to loaf.

noun

1. micrometer1(def 2).

verb (used with object), miked, mik·ing.

2. to measure with a micrometer.

noun

1. a male given name, form of Michael.
2. (lowercase) a word used in communications to represent the letter M.

noun

1. KatherineKathleen Beauchamp Murry, 1888–1923, English short-story writer.
2. Michael JosephMike, 1903–2001, U.S. politician: senator 1953–77.
3. Richard,1857–1907, U.S. actor, born in Germany.
4. Mount, a mountain in N Vermont: highest peak of the Green Mountains, 4393 feet (1339 meters).
5. a city in W Nottinghamshire, in central England.
6. a city in N Ohio.
7. a town in N Connecticut.
8. a town in SE Massachusetts.

noun

1. Hel·mut (Hein·rich Wal·de·mar) [hel-moo t hahyn-rik vahl-duh-mahr; German hel-moot hahyn–rikh vahl-duh-mahr] /ˈhɛl mʊt ˈhaɪn rɪk ˈvɑl dəˌmɑr; German ˈhɛl mut ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɑl dəˌmɑr/, born 1918, West German political leader: chancellor 1974–82.
2. Michael JackMike, born 1949, U.S. baseball player.

noun

1. Michael GeraldMikeIron Mike, born 1966, U.S. boxer.

noun

1. informal short for microphone See also mike up

noun

1. communications a code word for the letter m

noun

1. a town in central England, in W Nottinghamshire: former coal-mining and cotton-textiles industries. Pop: 69 987 (2001)

noun

1. Katherine, real name Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp. 1888–1923, British writer, born in New Zealand, noted for her short stories, such as those in Bliss (1920) and The Garden Party (1922)

noun

1. Helmut (Heinrich Waldemar) (ˈhɛlmuːt). born 1918, German Social Democrat statesman; chancellor of West Germany (1974–82)

noun

1. Mike. born 1966, US boxer. World heavyweight champion (1986–90, and 1996): jailed for rape (1992–95) and assault (1999); banned from professional boxing (1997–98) after biting off part of his opponent’s ear

type of astronomical telescope lens used for photography, 1939, from Estonian-born German optician Bernhard Voldemar Schmidt (1879-1935), who invented it.