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mike stew

mike stew noun: unpleasant background noise generated from the sound of a microphone.

Noun

mike stew (uncountable)

  1. Unpleasant background noise generated from the sound of a microphone.
    • But the tin ear of the mike picks up all sounds, without selection, in an indiscriminate hodge-podge which sound men call "mike stew."1950, Dore Schary, Case History of a Movie, page 139

Questions about mike stew

What does mike stew mean?
Mike stew means unpleasant background noise generated from the sound of a microphone.
What part of speech is mike stew?
Mike stew is a noun.

Words near mike stew in the dictionary

  1. mike muggers
  2. Mike Obama
  3. mike off
  4. mike sock
  5. mike socks
  6. mike stew
  7. mike up
  8. Mike's Mess
  9. mike-mike
  10. miked
  11. miked up

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