mike

Definition of mike in English English dictionary: A diminutive of the female given name Michaela; A diminutive of the male given name Michael; The letter M in the ICAO spelling alphabet; To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on
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.; To measure using a micrometer
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.; A microphone
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.; diminutive of Michael; {i} male first name (short form of Michael); To place one or more microphones (mikes) on; 1) An abbreviation of Michael- an incorrect abbreviation for microphone 2) To place microphones for recording; device for converting sound waves into electrical energy; to measure the thickness of a substrate using a micrometer; {i} microphone (Informal); A mike is the same as a microphone. To supply with or transmit through a microphone. mike up to fix a microphone to someone so that their voice can be recorded or made louder. Fink Mike Leigh Mike Mike Mansfield Nichols Mike Royko Mike Tyson Mike Wallace Mike; TELUS Mobility's all-in-one wireless solution, offering consumers and businesses a wide range of handsets that offer not only phone, but also 2-way radio communication, paging, and wireless data service; The operator of the gymnasium where Gerald Bland learned to box in The Sound and the Fury
mike up: To fit a microphone and transmitter to a person. Usually for television performers, or for police informers
You will have to be miked up at least ten minutes before we go on air.
Mike Fink: born 1770/80, Fort Pitt, Pa. died 1823, Fort Henry? [North Dakota] U.S. keelboatman. He won fame in his youth as a local marksman and Indian scout. Later, when keelboats became the chief vessels of commerce on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, he was known as "king of the keelboatmen." Renowned as a marksman, roisterer, and champion rough-and-tumble fighter, he became a legendary hero of the American tall tale; even in his own time, his name was synonymous with the braggadocio of Western frontiersmen. He was shot and killed on a fur-trapping expedition to the upper Missouri River
Mike Hammer: a private detective in books by the US writer Mickey Spillane. He is very tough and usually shoots criminals instead of having them arrested
Mike Leigh: English film director
Mike Leigh: in full Michael Leigh born Feb. 20, 1943, Salford, Lancashire, Eng. British film director and playwright. His first play, The Box Play (1965), began the process of improvisation and collaboration with his actors that became the basis of his works for stage, television, and film, which usually depict lower-and working-class life with sharp humour and pathos. He made his film debut with Bleak Moments (1971) and later directed offbeat movies such as High Hopes (1988), Life Is Sweet (1991), and Naked (1993), for which he won best director at the Cannes Film Festival. The internationally acclaimed Secrets and Lies (1996) was followed by Career Girls (1997), Topsy-Turvy (1999), and All or Nothing (2002)
Mike Nichols: orig. Michael Igor Peschkowsky born Nov. 6, 1931, Berlin, Ger. German-born U.S. stage and film director. He and his parents fled Germany for the U.S. in 1938. After studying at the University of Chicago and the Actors Studio, he formed a comic improvisational group in Chicago. He and Elaine May (b. 1932) toured with and recorded a set of brilliant social-satire routines. He later directed several Broadway hits, including Barefoot in the Park (1963), The Odd Couple (1965), and Plaza Suite (1968). His first film, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), was followed by The Graduate (1967, Academy Award); his later films include Catch-22 (1970), Silkwood (1983), Working Girl (1988), and Primary Colors (1998). His productions focused on the absurdities and horrors of modern life as revealed in personal relationships
Mike Nichols: (born 1931 as Michael Igor Peschkowsky) German-born American film and stage director
Mike Patton: (born 1968) American rock and roll musician, singer in the rock band "Faith No More
Mike Royko: orig. Michael Royko born Sept. 19, 1932, Chicago, Ill., U.S. died April 29, 1997, Chicago U.S. columnist. Royko cut short his college education to serve in the air force during the Korean War. In 1959 he joined the Chicago Daily News, becoming a full-time columnist in 1964. His irreverent, acerbic, and insightful political and social essays reflected his working-class ethnic origins, often exposing injustices visited on ordinary people. He later moved to the Chicago Sun-Times and then to the Chicago Tribune. His widely syndicated column earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 1972. He published collections of his columns and the best-selling Boss (1971), on Richard J. Daley
Mike Tyson: a US boxer who was the youngest person to win the world heavyweight title in 1986. He was sent to prison for five years for rape and served three (1992-5). After this he won the heavyweight title again, but lost it to Evander Holyfield in 1996. In 1997, he was in the news for biting Holyfield's ear during a fight (1966- ). in full Michael Gerald Tyson born June 30, 1966, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S. U.S. boxer. A member of street gangs in his youth, Tyson was sent to reform school, where his boxing talent was discovered. He turned professional in 1985 and won the heavyweight title in 1986 by defeating Trevor Berbick, becoming, at age 20, the youngest heavyweight champion in history. He defended the title against Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks, and eight others before losing in an upset to James ("Buster") Douglas in 1990. In 1992 he was convicted of rape and sentenced to six years in prison; he was released on parole in 1995. In 1996 he challenged but lost to Evander Holyfield; in a 1997 rematch he was disqualified for biting off a piece of Holyfield's ear, and his license was revoked. In 1999 Tyson regained his boxing license and returned to the ring. In his bout against British heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis in 2002, Lewis twice knocked Tyson to the canvas before knocking him out in the eighth round
Mike Wallace: orig. Myron Leon Wallace born May 9, 1918, Brookline, Mass., U.S. U.S. television interviewer and reporter. After graduating from the University of Michigan (1939), he worked as an announcer and newscaster on radio, delving into various programs, including talk shows, quiz shows, serials, and the news. He served as a naval communications officer during World War II and was subsequently hired as a radio reporter in Chicago. He began to work on television in the 1950s, hosting several television quiz shows. He joined CBS as a reporter in 1963 and was coeditor of the long-running 60 Minutes from its first program in 1968. Noted for his aggressive, bruising style (which led some of his guests to experience "Mike fright"), he traveled the world interviewing some of the most famous and powerful figures, and he won numerous Emmy Awards
40 mike-mike: Any weapon firing a 40mm grenade. Often specifically the M203 grenade launcher whether mounted underneath an M-16 or variant. Often in the Marine Corps, the "40 Mike-Mike" is slang for the Mark-19 Automatic 40mm Grenade Launcher
for the love of Mike: for the love of God
For the love of Mike! What did you pay? Ten thousand francs apiece. But, Irma, that's preposterous! He never got half that for a painting in all his life..
mic: Microphone
Grab the mic like I'm on Soul Train.
mic: To put one or microphones on or in; to use or place a microphone
If we add the drum kit, we'll have to mic the orchestra.
mics: plural form of mic
mics: Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey(s)
oscar mike: (Askeri) (o)n the (m)ove: act of proceeding in military
To all units; we're oscar mike.
oscar mike: (Askeri) The letters o (oscar) and m (mike) of the military phonetic alphabet which when used together indicates that a unit is "On the Move" or sometimes, "On Mission."
body mike: A small wireless microphone worn inconspicuously or hidden on the body, as by a performer or announcer, so as to allow freedom of movement
head mike: A body mike worn on one's head
mic: minimal inhibitory concentration of antibiotic that inhibits a bacterium
mic: to provide a microphone to a performer
mic: Meteorologist In Charge
mic: abbreviation for microscope
mic: Media Interface Connector used to describe the duplex FDDI plug
mic: Michoacán, a state of Mexico
mic: microwave integrated circuit
mic: Memory Interface Controller
mic: A mic. is the same as a microphone. Micah. Variant of mike
mic: Mortgage Insurance Certificate
mic: Microbially Influenced Corrosion
mic: Media Interface Connector This is a pair of fiber optic connectors that link the fiber media to the FDDI or other cable The MIC consists of both the plug terminated to a optical cable and the receptacle which is contain within the FDDI node
mic: Media Interface Connector
mic: or Mike - abbreviation for microphone
mic: An abbreviation for microphone
mic: Abbreviation for medium interface connector
mic: Minor In Consumption (of alcohol)
mic: Message integrity check MIC prevents bit-flip attacks on encrypted packets During a bit-flip attack, an intruder intercepts an encrypted message, alters it slightly, and retransmits it, and the receiver accepts the retransmitted message as legitimate The client adapter's driver must support MIC functionality, and MIC must be enabled on the access point
mic: Michigan Information Center
mic: Medium Interface Connector Duplex fiber optic connector used with Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) networks
mic: - See medium interface connector
mic: The optical fiber connector that joins the fiber to the FDDI controller
mic: a microphone
mic: Material Identification Code
mic: A common nickname for "microphone "
mic: is short for "Mortgage Investment Corporation MICs are companies organized for investors to invest in pools of mortgages Profits generated by MICs are distributed to its shareholders according to their proportional interest
mic: Micron (manufacturer)
mic: Mechanical Instrument Cluster: Instrument cluster controller and display system
mics: plural of mic
miked: past of mike
mikes: third-person singular of mike
mikes: plural of mike
miking: present participle of mike
open mike: a time when anyone is allowed to tell jokes, sing etc in a bar or club
spike mike: a contact microphone for listening through walls