mike

Etymology 1
Alteration of, Attested since 1927.

Noun

 * 1)  A microphone.
 * 2) * 1970, Theodore Sturgeon and Edward H. Waldo, "The Pod in the Barrier", in A Touch of Strange, Ayer Publishing, ISBN 0836935225, page 28,
 * "Then I say to the recording, for the record," I barked, right into the mike,
 * 1) * 1981, John Swaigen, How to Fight for What’s Right: The Guide to Public Interest Law, James Lorimer &amp; Company, ISBN 0888624220, pages 118–119,
 * Obviously, one must watch what one says in the vicinity of a microphone. More than one person has made a “private” statement in the presence of an open mike.
 * 1) * 2007, John Sellers, Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0743277082, page 85,
 * When the haggard bartender informed us that there would be an open-mike event later in the evening, I got my first sense that not everyone in Manchester cared about the music the city has produced.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 咪
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1) To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on.
 * 2) * 1994 September, Jim Gaines, transcribed in Alan di Perna, "Step Lively: Recalling the recording process of SRV’s IN STEP with album producer Jim Gaines", in Guitar World Magazine, reprinted in Guitar World Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan: Stevie Ray In His Own Words, Hal Leonard (1997), ISBN 0793580803, page 81,
 * “And sometimes I’d just have to mike the room. You could run into some weird phasing problems with the individual mics because the speakers were all reacting differently.”
 * 1) * 1996, J.R. Robinson, quoted in Mark Huntly Parsons, The Drummer’s Studio Survival Guide: How to get the best possible drum tracks on any recording project, Hal Leonard, ISBN 0793572223, page 72,
 * He knows me, I know him, and I know how he’s going to mike the drums and what selection of mic’s he's going to use.
 * 1) * 2006, Glenn Haertlein, Project Vectus, Lulu, ISBN 1-4116-8414-1, page 108,
 * “Zeb, is everything go on the AV equipment?” I heard Jim ask. ¶ “Yep,” Zeb replied. “I just need to mike him up.” […] “All set,” he said once he clipped the wireless microphone to my shirtfront.
 * 1) To measure using a micrometer.
 * 2) * 1983, Tom S. Wilson, How to Rebuild Your Big-block Chevy, HPBooks, ISBN 0895861755, page 98,
 * Measure Valve-Stem Diameter—To be positive about it you’ll have to mike the valve stem with a 1-in. micrometer as explained on pages 100 and 101.

Usage notes

 * This term is often found in the synonymous phrasal verb, as in the 2006 quotation above.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: మైకు

Etymology 2
From, representing the letter m, from.

Noun

 * 1)  A minute.
 * We'll be there in one zero mikes [i.e. ten minutes].
 * We'll be there in one zero mikes [i.e. ten minutes].

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) . female friend