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mic

/ˈmaɪk/

mic is the alternative form of mike.

Meaning of mike

Noun (1)

mike (plural mikes)

  1. (informal) A microphone.
    • "Then I say to the recording, for the record," I barked, right into the mike, […]1970, Theodore Sturgeon and Edward H. Waldo, "The Pod in the Barrier", in A Touch of Strange, Ayer Publishing, →ISBN, page 28

Noun (2)

mike (plural mikes)

  1. (slang) A minute.
    • We'll be there in one zero mikes [i.e. ten minutes].

See all 8 meanings of mike

Noun (1)

mic (plural mics)

  1. A microfarad.

Noun (2) capitalized: MIC

MIC (countable and uncountable, plural MICs)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of methylisocyanate.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of minor in consumption (of alcohol).
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of military-industrial complex.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of minimum inhibitory concentration.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of mechanic-in-charge.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: MIC

MIC

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Michoacán: a state of Mexico.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Microsoft Innovation Center.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Message Integrity Check, a strong encryption technology that is employed to prevent an attacker from capturing data packets, altering them and resending them.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism, Malaysian politics) Initialism of Malaysian Indian Congress, a political party for Malaysian Indians.

Adjective capitalized: MIC

MIC (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of made in China.
    • The findings indicate that apart from cost, the rising consumption of MIC products is anchored on product and service innovations such as product warranty and free after-sales services.2022, Mark Kwaku Mensah Obeng, “Beyond affordability: Explaining the consumption of Chinese products in Ghana”, in Cogent Social Sciences, volume 8, number 1, →DOI

Noun (3) capitalized: MiC

MiC

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of modular integrated construction

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mic

Mic

  1. A river in Romania.

Forms of mic

Noun
pluralmics
pluralMICs
Verb
third-person singular presentmics
third-person singular presentmic's
present participlemicing
present participlemic'ing
past participlemiced
pastmiced
past participlemic'd
pastmic'd
past participlemic'ed
pastmic'ed

Origin of mic

Clipping of microphone. Attested since 1961.

Clipping of microfarad.

Words formed from mic

Phrases with mic

13 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with mic

33 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about mic

What does mic mean?
Mic means a microfarad.
What is mic the alternative form of?
Mic is the alternative form of mike.
What part of speech is mic?
Mic can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce mic?
Mic is pronounced /ˈmaɪk/.
What is the plural of mic?
The plural of mic is mics.

Words near mic in the dictionary

  1. MIBK
  2. mibolerone
  3. MiBps
  4. mibs
  5. mibuna
  6. mic
  7. mic check
  8. mic checks
  9. mic drop
  10. mic drops
  11. mic fright

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mic (page history and authors); MIC (page history and authors); MiC (page history and authors); Mic (page history and authors); mike (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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