Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mike
Participle: miked
Gerund: miking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mike |
| you | mike |
| he;she;it | mikes |
| we | mike |
| you | mike |
| they | mike |
Perfect
| I | have miked |
| you | have miked |
| he;she;it | has miked |
| we | have miked |
| you | have miked |
| they | have miked |
Past
| I | miked |
| you | miked |
| he;she;it | miked |
| we | miked |
| you | miked |
| they | miked |
Pluperfect
| I | had miked |
| you | had miked |
| he;she;it | had miked |
| we | had miked |
| you | had miked |
| they | had miked |
Future
| I | will mike |
| you | will mike |
| he;she;it | will mike |
| we | will mike |
| you | will mike |
| they | will mike |
Future Perfect
| I | will have miked |
| you | will have miked |
| he;she;it | will have miked |
| we | will have miked |
| you | will have miked |
| they | will have miked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mike |
| you | mike |
| he;she;it | mike |
| we | mike |
| you | mike |
| they | mike |
Perfect
| I | have miked |
| you | have miked |
| he;she;it | have miked |
| we | have miked |
| you | have miked |
| they | have miked |
Imperfect
| I | miked |
| you | miked |
| he;she;it | miked |
| we | miked |
| you | miked |
| they | miked |
Pluperfect
| I | had miked |
| you | had miked |
| he;she;it | had miked |
| we | had miked |
| you | had miked |
| they | had miked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mike |
| you | would mike |
| he;she;it | would mike |
| we | would mike |
| you | would mike |
| they | would mike |
Perfect
| I | would have miked |
| you | would have miked |
| he;she;it | would have miked |
| we | would have miked |
| you | would have miked |
| they | would have miked |
Imperative
| you | mike |
| we | Let's mike |
| you | mike |
Verbs conjugated like 'mike'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mike'
bike,
dike,
fike,
hike,
kike,
like,
make,
mime,
mine,
mire,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Alteration of mic, clipping of microphone. Attested since 1927.
Sample Sentences
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1994 September, Jim Gaines, transcribed in Alan di Perna, "Step Lively: Recalling the recording process of SRV’s IN STEP with album producer Jim Gaines", in Guitar World Magazine, reprinted in Guitar World Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan: Stevie Ray In His Own Words, Hal Leonard (1997), →ISBN, page 81,
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“And sometimes I’d just have to mike the room. You could run into some weird phasing problems with the individual mics because the speakers were all reacting differently.”
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1996, J.R. Robinson, quoted in Mark Huntly Parsons, The Drummer’s Studio Survival Guide: How to get the best possible drum tracks on any recording project, Hal Leonard, →ISBN, page 72,
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He knows me, I know him, and I know how he’s going to mike the drums and what selection of mic’s he's going to use.
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2006, Glenn Haertlein, Project Vectus, Lulu, →ISBN, page 108,
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“Zeb, is everything go on the AV equipment?” I heard Jim ask. ¶ “Yep,” Zeb replied. “I just need to mike him up.” […] “All set,” he said once he clipped the wireless microphone to my shirtfront.
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1983, Tom S. Wilson, How to Rebuild Your Big-block Chevy, HPBooks, →ISBN, page 98,
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Measure Valve-Stem Diameter—To be positive about it you’ll have to mike the valve stem with a 1-in. micrometer as explained on pages 100 and 101.