off-mike
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of off-mike
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Their first set in Buena Park had its hiccups, as they finished a version of Moby's "Natural Blues" off-mike due to audio snafus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2018
“It was those comments, the off-mike things, that made Phil so funny,” Ossman said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2015
Holiday, like all great artists, is as distinctive, as idiosyncratic, as original off-stage and off-mike as on.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 3, 2015
They were supposed to have had a shouting match, off-mike, two weeks ago, with Meredith telling Cosell what to do with his tiresome patronizing and redundant polysyllables.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 11, 2011
His radio persona, which is nearly identical to his genially blustering off-mike personality, mixes country lawyer with sideshow barker, tent evangelist with Spike Jones rhythm section.
From Time Magazine Archive
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