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  mic

  noun

  microphone.
• Mic.
  Mic.

  abbreviation

  Micah.

mic

¹ American  

[mahyk] / maɪk /

noun

Informal.

• mics
  plural

1. microphone.

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idioms

1. drop the mic,

   1. to intentionally drop one’s microphone at the end of a speech or performance, displaying a bold confidence that it has been very impressive or cannot be topped.

   2. to say or do something with such a bold confidence.

      He clearly dropped the mic on his critics, effectively cutting off further discussion.

Mic. ² American  

abbreviation

Bible.

1. Micah.

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Mic. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Micah

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mic ² British  

/ maɪk /

noun

1. informal short for microphone

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mics
  plural

Etymology

Origin of mic

First recorded in 1960–65; by shortening

Example Sentences

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mic Mic. mics

Nesbitt told the BBC Radio Ulster's The Nolan Show Kelly was "the benchmark" for everyone who stood in front of a camera or mic at UTV.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Getting to know the Slatesters behind the mic: Unwind with this casual conversation between What Next: TBD host Lizzie O’Leary and producer Rob Gunther.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

A kick drum bleeds into a vocal mic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

A hot mic caught Macron telling the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he earlier had a “difficult” discussion with Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

At the assembly, when she’d waddled up to the mic, I could see she was pregnant.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

So is he the Prince of Peace indeed, being our peace, Mic. v.

From Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life by John (of Wamphray) Brown

But that passage of Jeremiah refers to Mic. iii.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

Mic. iv. 1-4; Is. ii. 2-4; Zech. ix.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

The Servant of God is here called the Covenant of Israel, just in the same manner as in Mic. v.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

If any thing make Zion liable to be plowed as a field, when the heads thereof judge for reward, Mic. iii.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields

"They stopped coming with logos on their mics because the youth were targeting them," said Shailendra Singh, 30.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

At its San Francisco headquarters, wireless mics that attach to shirts are popular.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

Podcasting can be a great business if you’re good at it, but I’m not sure anyone has ever been this adept at milking shareholder value out of a pair of mics.

From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026

She alleges the Mail tapped her landlines and placed "surreptitious mics on my home windows" in an effort to get stories.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

Parents and students line up at the mics on each side of the room.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas