mic

See also MIC

English

Etymology

1961 mic. Abbreviation and alteration of microphone.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmaɪk/
• Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun

mic (plural mics)

1. Microphone.
   • 1987, Eric B. & Rakim, I Know You Got Soul

     Picture a mic, the stage is empty

     A beat like this might tempt me

     To pose, show my rings and my fat gold chain

     Grab the mic like I'm on Soul Train

Synonyms

• mike

Verb

mic (third-person singular simple present mics, present participle micing or mic'ing, simple past and past participle miced or mic'ed)

1. (transitive and intransitive, music, sound engineering) To put one or more microphones on or in; to use or place a microphone.

   If we add the drum kit, we'll have to mic the orchestra.

   • 2002, Darren Brown, Hunting Trophy Whitetails, page 167:

     At 11:00 am, Doug mics up with me on the radio, and I advise him to go back to camp to get a quad, that we have a monster down.

   • 2003, Sleazegrinder, Gigs from Hell: True Tales of Rock and Roll Gone Wrong, page 104:

     Imagine playing a venue the size of an aircraft hangar without your tiny amps miced up through the PA!

   • 2006, Sarah Davis, The guerilla guide to the music business, page 164:

     This lacks the gut-punch of miced-up bass but hopefully the player can rise to the challenge and give his or her take extra energy to make up for it.

   • 2007, Trev Wilkins, Access all areas: a real world guide to gigging and touring, page 101:

     Dynamics are used extensively for vocals, drums, and 'micing up' amplifiers such as guitar amps but they can be used for almost any application.

   • 2009, Francis Rumsey, Sound and Recording, page 51:

     but it is extremely useful in applications such as vocals, drums, and the micing-up of guitar amplifiers.

References

• 2010, “On Language: How Should ‘Microphone’ be Abbreviated?”, in New York Times, July 29.

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish maic, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚔ (maqi).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [mʲɪc]

Noun

mic m

1. vocative singular form of mac
2. genitive singular form of mac
3. nominative plural of mac

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Lojban

Rafsi

mic

1. rafsi of mikce.

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Romanian

Etymology

Probably from a Latin root *miccus or possibly from Greek. Compare Aromanian njic. Cf. Siclian nicu, Calabrian miccu, also Italian miccino. May also be related to Latin mīca, cf. Romanian mică.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [mik]

Adjective

mic ^{3 nom/acc forms}

1. little, small

Declension

declension of mic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	mic		mică	mici	mici
	definite	micul		mica	micii	micile
genitive/ dative	indefinite	mic		mici	mici	mici
	definite	micului		micii	micilor	micilor

Antonyms

• mare

Derived terms

• micșora
• mici
• mititel
• micuț

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA: [miʰkʲ]

Noun

mic m

1. genitive singular form of mac
2. Plural form of mac