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# mike

«mike» in Mova's school dictionary: **a boy's or man's first name, short for Michael** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Mike — a name; a mike, mikes — informal); verb (mike up — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Mike is a boy's or man's first name, short for Michael. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mike/#m1)

2) (informal) A mike is a microphone, the device that picks up your voice so it can be made louder or recorded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mike/#m2)

3) (informal) To mike someone up is to fix a small microphone on them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mike/#m3)

4) In the radio alphabet, Mike stands for the letter M. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mike/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school, a mike is used in assemblies, plays and school radio; you speak clearly into the mike. Pilots and police say "Mike" for M when spelling over the radio. Phrases: "speak into the mike", "the mike is on", "open mike night", "mike drop".

### examples

- Mike is my best friend from football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mike/#x1)
- Please speak into the mike so the people at the back can hear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mike/#x2)
- The mike squeaked loudly when the head teacher tapped it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mike/#x3)
- The sound team miked up all the actors before the play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mike/#x4)
- My uncle played guitar at an open-mike night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mike/#x5)
- "M for Mike," said the pilot over the radio. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mike/#x6)
- (slang) She finished her speech, dropped the mike and walked off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mike/#x7)

### note

As a name it takes a capital letter. "Mike" for microphone is also spelled "mic" (pronounced the same). "Mike drop" is slang for ending something boldly after a great point. "For the love of Mike!" is an old exclamation of annoyance.

### In the corpora

- [At Christmas dinner Uncle Mike says "Bulls hate red!" for the tenth year running, and half the family groans.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground/0/)
- [In "Mike's mum has three children: April, May and...", the third child is Mike.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mike» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mike/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.