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mike
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma?k/
- Rhymes: -a?k
Etymology 1
Alteration of mic, clipping of microphone. Attested since 1927.
Noun
mike (plural mikes)
- (informal) A microphone.
- 1970, Theodore Sturgeon and Edward H. Waldo, "The Pod in the Barrier", in A Touch of Strange, Ayer Publishing, ?ISBN, page 28,
- "Then I say to the recording, for the record," I barked, right into the mike, […]
- 1981, John Swaigen, How to Fight for What’s Right: The Guide to Public Interest Law, James Lorimer & Company, ?ISBN, pages 118–119,
- Obviously, one must watch what one says in the vicinity of a microphone. More than one person has made a “private” statement in the presence of an open mike.
- 2007, John Sellers, Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life, Simon and Schuster, ?ISBN, page 85,
- When the haggard bartender informed us that there would be an open-mike event later in the evening, I got my first sense that not everyone in Manchester cared about the music the city has produced.
- 1970, Theodore Sturgeon and Edward H. Waldo, "The Pod in the Barrier", in A Touch of Strange, Ayer Publishing, ?ISBN, page 28,
Translations
Verb
mike (third-person singular simple present mikes, present participle miking, simple past and past participle miked)
- To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on.
- 1994 September, Jim Gaines, transcribed in Alan di Perna, "Step Lively: Recalling the recording process of SRV’s IN STEP with album producer Jim Gaines", in Guitar World Magazine, reprinted in Guitar World Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan: Stevie Ray In His Own Words, Hal Leonard (1997), ?ISBN, page 81,
- “And sometimes I’d just have to mike the room. You could run into some weird phasing problems with the individual mics because the speakers were all reacting differently.”
- 1996, J.R. Robinson, quoted in Mark Huntly Parsons, The Drummer’s Studio Survival Guide: How to get the best possible drum tracks on any recording project, Hal Leonard, ?ISBN, page 72,
- He knows me, I know him, and I know how he’s going to mike the drums and what selection of mic’s he's going to use.
- 2006, Glenn Haertlein, Project Vectus, Lulu, ?ISBN, page 108,
- “Zeb, is everything go on the AV equipment?” I heard Jim ask. ¶ “Yep,” Zeb replied. “I just need to mike him up.” […] “All set,” he said once he clipped the wireless microphone to my shirtfront.
- 1994 September, Jim Gaines, transcribed in Alan di Perna, "Step Lively: Recalling the recording process of SRV’s IN STEP with album producer Jim Gaines", in Guitar World Magazine, reprinted in Guitar World Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan: Stevie Ray In His Own Words, Hal Leonard (1997), ?ISBN, page 81,
- To measure using a micrometer.
- 1983, Tom S. Wilson, How to Rebuild Your Big-block Chevy, HPBooks, ?ISBN, page 98,
- Measure Valve-Stem Diameter—To be positive about it you’ll have to mike the valve stem with a 1-in. micrometer as explained on pages 100 and 101.
- 1983, Tom S. Wilson, How to Rebuild Your Big-block Chevy, HPBooks, ?ISBN, page 98,
Usage notes
- This term is often found in the synonymous phrasal verb mike up, as in the 2006 quotation above.
Translations
Alternative forms
- mic
Etymology 2
From Mike, representing the letter m.
Noun
mike (plural mikes)
- (military, slang) A minute.
- We'll be there in one zero mikes [i.e. ten minutes].
Etymology 3
Noun
mike (plural mikes)
- (slang) Short for microgram.
- 1970, Milton Travers, Each Other's Victims (page 43)
- The beginner's dose may be anywhere from 100 to 250 mikes — micrograms, or millionths of a gram. Most hardened heads need 600 to 800 mikes, and some as many as 1,400 mikes, before they experience any sensation of getting off.
- 1970, Milton Travers, Each Other's Victims (page 43)
Anagrams
- Keim, Kemi, Kime, kime
Japanese
Romanization
mike
- R?maji transcription of ??
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racist
English
Etymology
1932 (noun), 1938 (adjective). Formed from racism (1928), paralleling French raciste (1892).Replaces older racialist (1910). For more, see race, -ist.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?s?st/
Noun
racist (plural racists)
- A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others and discriminates against other races.
Hyponyms
- Jim Crower, Jim Crowist
- white supremacist, whitist, black supremacist
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
racist (comparative more racist, superlative most racist)
- Constituting, exhibiting, advocating or pertaining to racism.
- (colloquial, nonstandard, by extension) Discriminatory.
Translations
Related terms
- antiracism
- pseudoracism
- racism
See also
- bigot
- ethnocentrist
- xenophobe
References
- racist in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- racist at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- TRIACs, artics, crista, scairt, triacs, tsaric
Danish
Noun
racist
- racist
Declension
Further reading
- “racist” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
ras +? -ist
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
racist m (plural racisten, diminutive racistje n)
- racist
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