Mike


[mahyk] /maɪk/

noun
1.
Also, mic. Informal. a microphone.
verb (used with object), miked, miking.
2.
Informal. to supply or amplify with one or more microphones; attach a microphone to:
to mike a singer.
verb (used without object), miked, miking.
3.
Informal. to use or position a microphone:
to mike properly when recording a singer.
[mahyk] /maɪk/
noun
1.
a forklike support for a light cannon on a sailing ship.
[mahyk] /maɪk/ British Slang.
noun
1.
loafing; idling.
verb (used without object), miked, miking.
2.
to loaf.
[mahyk] /maɪk/
noun
1.
1 (def 2).
verb (used with object), miked, miking.
2.
to measure with a micrometer.
[mahyk] /maɪk/
noun
1.
a male given name, form of .
2.
(lowercase) a word used in communications to represent the letter M.
[manz-feeld] /ˈmænzˌfild/
noun
1.
Katherine (Kathleen Beauchamp Murry) 1888–1923, English short-story writer.
2.
Michael Joseph (“Mike”) 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.
[shmit] /ʃmɪt/
noun
1.
Helmut (Heinrich Waldemar)
[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/ (Show IPA), born 1918, West German political leader: chancellor 1974–82.
2.
Michael Jack (“Mike”) born 1949, U.S. baseball player.
[tahy-suh n] /ˈtaɪ sən/
noun
1.
Michael Gerald (“Mike”; “Iron Mike”) born 1966, U.S. boxer.
/maɪk/
noun
1.
(informal) short for microphone See also mike up
/maɪk/
noun
1.
(communications) a code word for the letter m
/ˈmænsˌfiːld/
noun
1.
a town in central England, in W Nottinghamshire: former coal-mining and cotton-textiles industries. Pop: 69 987 (2001)
/ˈmænsˌfiːld/
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)
/ʃmɪt/
noun
1.
Helmut (Heinrich Waldemar) (ˈhɛlmuːt). born 1918, German Social Democrat statesman; chancellor of West Germany (1974–82)
/ˈtaɪsən/
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.

noun

verb

To amplify with a microphone: The club was so small they decided not to mike the show

Micro Interpreter for Knowledge Engineering

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