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off-mike

American

[awf-mahyk, of-] / ˈɔfˈmaɪk, ˈɒf- /

adjective

located at a distance from or not projected directly into a microphone.

off-mike sound effects.

Etymology

Origin of off-mike

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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You’re never off-mike — you can’t turn your head and say some little comment to somebody.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2020

“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

The credited author, Charles White, is a BBC disc jockey who goes by the name of Dr. Rock and has the good sense to go off-mike when the major talent is in the room.

From Time Magazine Archive

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