lavaliere microphone

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noun

a small microphone that hangs around the neck of a performer or speaker.

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Also called lavaliere.

Origin of lavaliere microphone

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby lavaliere microphone

lavage, Laval, lava lamp, lavalava, lavaliere, lavaliere microphone, Lavalleja, La Vallière, lavandin, lavaret, lavash

How to use lavaliere microphone in a sentence

She found a way to make little kitten steps to the microphone in unison with the music.
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Both get electronics, but the proffered image for boys is a microphone; for girls, a radio.
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Yeah, having a microphone and so many people under your control always frightened me.
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Barrett had chanced to place a paternal hand on her head as he passed the microphone to the student next to her.
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After about one minute of rambling, a woman runs up on stage and directs someone to turn his microphone off.
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The chief engineer connected up, then hung the microphone between the two front seats.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin
The engineer tapped on the microphone, and the tap, greatly amplified, reverberated across the airstrip.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin
He handed the governor the microphone and swung into position for a run over the troops on the road.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin
His earlier self, who had blithely toured Valier trailing the microphone wires without any real premonition of trouble.
Tight Squeeze|Dean Charles Ing
The discovery of the microphone by Professor Hughes has enabled us to understand the reason of this failure.
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