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mic
1[ mahyk ]
Mic.
2abbreviation for
- Micah.
mic
1/ ɪ /
noun
- informal.short for microphone
Mic.
2abbreviation for
- Micah
Word History and Origins
Origin of mic1
Idioms and Phrases
- drop the mic, Informal.
- 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.
- to say or do something with such a bold confidence:
He clearly dropped the mic on his critics, effectively cutting off further discussion.
Example Sentences
Of course, Stephen Miller is about as funny as a hack comic on open mic night.
“YouTube gave me the mic, and I haven’t put it down since.”
Two of L.A.’s biggest comedians are teaming up to grab the mic for what they anticipate will be the largest comedy show in history.
She told me they announced it on the mic and everything.
And two videographers and a boom mic operator capture the action as three chefs plate hamachi crudo topped with a Szechuan mala sauce infused with Sonoma Hills Farm’s cherry cheesecake cultivar and top cannabis cocktails with crunchy bites of spiced fried eggplant glazed with fish sauce.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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