Associations to the word «Mike»

Wiktionary

MIKE, noun. (informal) A microphone.
MIKE, verb. To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on.
MIKE, verb. To measure using a micrometer.
MIKE, symbol. The letter M in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
MIKE, proper noun. (countable) A shortening of the male given name Michael.
MIKE, proper noun. (countable) A shortening of the female given name Michaela.
MIKE, proper noun. (uncountable) The letter M in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
MIKE UP, verb. To fit a microphone and transmitter to a person. Usually for television performers, or for police informers.

Dictionary definition

MIKE, noun. Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope