Mike

Definition: Mike

Mike

Noun

1. Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Mike" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "Who is like God?".

Date "mike" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1852. (references)

Computing

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Electrical Engineering

Literature

Post & Telecom

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

MIKE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Mike

Crosswords: Mike

Albanian (micaceous).

Mike, Are you alright (Saving Private Ryan; writing credit: Robert Rodat)

Mike, do you wear pajamas (Flipper; writing credit: Allison Adler; Michael Berlin)

Mike, this is a potty okay (Look Who's Talking Too; writing credit: Amy Heckerling)

Will it appear again this Friday? The entire Channel 6 News Team will be there, except for Bill, the boom mike operator, who's getting fired tomorrow (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

No, no, no no no I mean yes. Yes, you make Mike Tyson sound like an Oxford graduate (Interstate 60; writing credit: Bob Gale)

And I'm magic on the mike ("U Can't Touch This"; performing artist: M.C. Hammer)

Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky and Mike (Cool It Now; performing artist: New Edition)

Come on, Wonder Mike, do what you like ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang)

A rockin' on the mike while the fly girls yell (Play that funky music; performing artist: Vanilla Ice)

The Mike Walsh Show (1974)

Mike and Bernie (1970)

Around the World of Mike Todd (1968)

Will the Real Mike Yarwood Stand Up? (1968)

Mike Blaubart (1967)

Norton (performing artist: Mike McGear)

LIVING YEARS  (performing artist: Mike & The Mechanics )

All I Need Is A Miracle (performing artist: Mike + The Mechanics)

Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) (performing artist: Mike + The Mechanics)

The Living Years (performing artist: Mike + The Mechanics)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Mike Meyers' Network+ Certification Passport (reference)

• Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese (reference)

• Mrs. Mike (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Mike Hayakawa Boys Hs Basketball Prospect List (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• "20th Century with Mike Wallace - Ourselves, Our Bodies: The Feminist Movement and the Battle over Abortion" (reference)

• 20th Century with Mike Wallace - Coming Home: Agent Orange/Gulf War (reference)

• America's Elite Forces: A Checkered History-20th Century with Mike Wallace (reference)

• Mike and the Mechanics: A Closer Look (reference)

• Cons, Scams and Swindles-20th Century with Mike Wallace (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Dan Adriano / Mike Felumlee (reference)

• Mike Nichols & Elaine May Examine Doctors (reference)

• The Life and Times of Mike Fanning (reference)

• Mike + the Mechanics [1985] (reference)

• You Have Reached Mike Phillips (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Mike Tyson Boxing (reference)

• Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Hey Mike, let's try fishing somewhere else They don't seem to be biting here Fishermen followed bad advice about where the fish were biting Building crew off PEIRCE on Eleuthera Island. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Dismantling the signal at Station Out, Thatch Cay Cleaning up at the end of a project Lt.(j.g.) Mike Kuhl cutting wire securing signal. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Mike Merek performing maintenance on NOAA aircraft. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Greg Bast and Mike Merek performing maintenance on Twin Otter. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

State biologists Brad Chase and Mike Armstrong search for smelt eggs. A 2001 discovery of smelt eggs in the river led to the development of the initial development of the restoration project. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Mike Armstrong, Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheries, pitches in at the restoration site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Crewmembers Jonathan Shannahoff and Mike Conway help tie up the RONALD H. BROWN in Male, capital of the Maldive Islands. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

McARTHUR deck hand Mike Theberge and NOAA Corps Lieutenant Alex von Saunder preparing pizzas on McARTHUR Pizza Night. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

NOAA Corps Ensign Doug Krause with deck hand Mike Theberge at the Carara Biological Reserve. Credit: Small World.

Deck hand Mike Theberge and two scientific observers cool off in a jungle stream on Isla Cocos. Credit: Small World.

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The practice in the park came to an end when Mike Flynn went into hospital

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Economic History

Moldova

Mike Moore, General director of WTO and Vasile Tarlev, Prime Minister of Moldova signed the accession agreement on Tuesday, 8 May 2001 in Geneva. (references)

Human Rights

Nigeria

In 1999 Mike Okiro replaced Sunday Aghedo, police commissioner in Lagos state, under whose command the death occurred. (references)

Sierra Leone

During the year, the Government released 137 RUF members and others held without charge, including senior RUF members Mike Lamin and Eldred Collins. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "mike": do a mike ♦ have a good mike ♦ mike boom ♦ Mike Tyson ♦ necklace mike ♦ pendant mike. Additional references.

Beginning with "mike": mike-positioning, mike-stand.

Ending with "mike": chest-mike, open-mike, radio-mike, Rana-mike.

Albanian

Mikrofon (microphone). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ميكروفون (boom, microphone), ‏مذياع (microphone, radio, radio set). (various references)

Bulgarian 

Клинча, Микроскоп, Микрофон, Безделнича. (various references)

Chinese 

话筒 (microphone). (various references)

Czech

Mikrofon (microphone, mouthpiece), Zahálka (idleness). (various references)

Danish

mikrofon (microphone). (various references)

Dutch

microfoon (microphone). (various references)

Farsi 

مخفف کلمه میکروفون , مخفف اسم خاص میکاءیل . (various references)

Finnish

mikrofoni (microphone). (various references)

French

Micro (micro, microphone). (various references)

German

Mikrophon (microphone, transmitter), Mikro (micro, microphone). (various references)

Greek 

μικρόφωνο (blower, microphone). (various references)

Hungarian

mikrofon (hydrophone, microphone, sound pick-up). (various references)

Indonesian

mikropon (microphone). (various references)

Italian

Microfono (microphone). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

マージン取引 (10^-6, Maastrich, marble, march, margin transaction, marmalade, mart, martini, merchandiser, merchandising, merchandising right, merchant, mermaid, Miami, micro, micro-, my, privately owned car). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

マイク . (various references)

Korean 

마이크 (microphone). (various references)

Pig Latin

ikemay.(various references)

Portuguese

microfone (microphone). (various references)

Russian 

Микрофон, майк;микрофон. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

mikrofon (microphone). (various references)

Spanish

micrófono (microphone, mouthpiece). (various references)

Swedish

mikrofon (microphone, pickup). (various references)

Turkish

Mikrofon (microphone), Michael. (various references)

Ukrainian

Мікрофон, Автопілот, Байдикування. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "mike": miked, mikes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Mike" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aike, gike, ike, ikke, Imcv, kime, maiken, makee, maken, Makey, maki, Makka, maku, Mckegg, Meaken, mece, meke, mekke, mekle, meku, Menke, miak, Mibei, mic, micel, micet, Miche, micke, mickeen, Mickel, Mickle, Micko, micy, mie, miee, mife, mige, Miike, mik, mika, miked, mikel, miker, Miket, Miketi, Mikie, Mikk, Mikke, Mikkey, Mikki, Mikko, Mikkola, miko, Mikon, mikve, mikveh, milka, milke, milko, minke, minki, Minkie, miqe, Mirka, miska, miskr, Mitkov, mive, Mka, Mki, Mkiv, Mlikh, moik, moka, mokie, Msika, Muice, muke, mvic, myce, myci, mye, myk, mykel, nika, niki, Umbiko. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: em, me, mi.

+1 letter: kelim, miked, mikes, minke.

+2 letters: kelims, kermis, kinema, kismet, medick, meikle, mickey, mickle, mikveh, milked, milker, minkes, mirker, muskie.

+3 letters: armlike, gemlike, gumlike, irksome, keramic, kimchee, kinemas, kinsmen, kirkmen, kirmess, kismets, kremlin, krimmer, limbeck, linkmen, manlike, maplike, medicks, mickeys, mickler, mickles, midweek, mikvehs, milkers, milkier, milkmen, mirkest, mirkier, miskeep, miskept, misknew, mislike, mismake, mistake, misteuk, misyoke, moniker, muckier, murkier, muskier, muskies, muspike, pikeman, pikemen, ramekin, rampike, skimmed, skimmer, skimped, smirked, smirker, smokier.