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emcee

/ˌɛmˈsiː/

emcee noun: master of ceremonies.

Noun

emcee (plural emcees)

  1. Master of ceremonies.
    • "I'm the emcee for tonight," he proclaimed. "I'll announce your program."1943, "Franklin W. Dixon" (Charles Leslie McFarlane), Hardy Boys 22: The Flickering Torch Mystery
    • The emcee of the event, Ed Bejarana, called Borrenpohl a "little girl," at the town hall, saying: "This little girl does not want to leave. She spoke up and now does not want to suffer the consequences."2025 February 24, Sophie Clark, “Woman Forcibly Dragged Out Of Idaho Town Hall: What We Know So Far”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2025
  2. A rapper.
    • […] mutating into all-star line-ups of emcees spitting hot bars over familiar beats, then to a single crew spitting bars over familiar beats, then eventually to a single crew (or artist) spitting bars over unfamiliar beats.2021, Jehnie I. Burns, Mixtape Nostalgia: Culture, Memory, and Representation (page 138)

Verb

emcee (third-person singular simple present emcees, present participle emceeing, simple past and past participle emceed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To act as the master of ceremonies (for).
    • Alan Lomax was emceeing the blues workshop and was turned off by the Paul Butterfield Jug Band and implied as much on stage.1965 August, Mississippi Phil Ochs, “The Newport Fuzz Festival”, in The Realist, number 61, retrieved 13 Nov 2022, page 11
    Synonyms:
    compere
  2. (intransitive) To rap as part of a hip-hop performance.
    Synonyms:
    rap

emcee meaning in Tamil

emcee in Tamil

நிகழ்ச்சி தொகுப்பாளர்

Synonyms of emcee

Forms of emcee

Noun
pluralemcees
Verb
third-person singular presentemcees
present participleemceeing
past participleemceed
pastemceed

Plural of emcee: emcees

Origin of emcee

Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”).

Words formed from emcee

Words that rhyme with emcee

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Questions about emcee

What does emcee mean?
Emcee means master of ceremonies.
What is emcee in Tamil?
Emcee in Tamil is நிகழ்ச்சி தொகுப்பாளர். See Emcee meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is emcee?
Emcee can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce emcee?
Emcee is pronounced /ˌɛmˈsiː/.
What is the plural of emcee?
The plural of emcee is emcees.

Words near emcee in the dictionary

  1. embusy
  2. embusying
  3. embutramide
  4. embuttered
  5. EMC
  6. emcee
  7. emceed
  8. emceeing
  9. emcees
  10. Emch
  11. EMCON

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