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eat the mic

eat the mic verb: to speak or sing with one's mouth close to, or in contact with, a microphone.

Verb

eat the mic (third-person singular simple present eats the mic, present participle eating the mic, simple past ate the mic, past participle eaten the mic)

  1. (idiomatic) To speak or sing with one's mouth close to, or in contact with, a microphone.
    • The sound engineer, frustrated with constantly having to adjust the levels, told the singer to eat the mic.

Forms of eat the mic

third-person singular presenteats the mic
present participleeating the mic
pastate the mic
past participleeaten the mic

Questions about eat the mic

What does eat the mic mean?
Eat the mic means to speak or sing with one's mouth close to, or in contact with, a microphone.
What part of speech is eat the mic?
Eat the mic is a verb.
What is the past tense of eat the mic?
The past tense of eat the mic is ate the mic.

Words near eat the mic in the dictionary

  1. eat someone's heart
  2. eat someone's lunch
  3. eat the baby
  4. eat the bread of idleness
  5. eat the leek
  6. eat the mic
  7. eat the onion
  8. eat the rich
  9. eat the seed corn
  10. eat to live, not live to eat
  11. eat to windward

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