US /maɪk/ UK /maɪk/
noun verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a microphone; to fit with a microphone

    The sound crew miked the speaker before the talk.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a microphone; to fit with a... microphonemic
Word family
Related forms microphone

Etymology

An early 20th-century clipping and respelling of microphone (Greek mikrós 'small' + phōnē 'sound, voice').

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