Mike vs Toast - What's the difference?
mike | toast |
(informal) A microphone.
* 1970, Theodore Sturgeon and Edward H. Waldo, "The Pod in the Barrier", in A Touch of Strange , Ayer Publishing, ISBN 0836935225, page 28,
* 1981, John Swaigen, How to Fight for What’s Right: The Guide to Public Interest Law , James Lorimer & Company, ISBN 0888624220, pages 118–119,
* 2007, John Sellers, Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life , Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0743277082, page 85,
To microphone; to place one or more microphones () on.
* 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 0793580803, page 81,
* 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 0793572223, page 72,
* 2006, Glenn Haertlein, Project Vectus , Lulu, ISBN 1-4116-8414-1, page 108,
To measure using a micrometer.
* 1983, Tom S. Wilson, How to Rebuild Your Big-block Chevy , HPBooks, ISBN 0895861755, page 98,
Toasted bread.
A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.
(slang) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
(slang, Jamaica) Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
(computing) A transient, pop-up informational window
To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster
To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something.
To warm thoroughly.
(slang, Jamaica) To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
As a symbol mike
is the letter m in the icao spelling alphabet.As a noun toast is
toast (toasted bread or salutation).mike
English
Noun
(en noun)- "Then I say to the recording, for the record," I barked, right into the mike , "[…]"
- Obviously, one must watch what one says in the vicinity of a microphone. More than one person has made a “private” statement in the presence of an open mike .
- When the haggard bartender informed us that there would be an open-mike event later in the evening, I got my first sense that not everyone in Manchester cared about the music the city has produced.
Synonyms
* micVerb
(mik)- “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.”
- 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.
- “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.
- 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.
Synonyms
* (to place a microphone on) micUsage notes
* This term is often found in the synonymous phrasal verb (mike up), as in the 2006 quotation above.Anagrams
*toast
English
Noun
(-)- I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.
- All toasters toast toast .
- At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.
- He was the toast of high society.
- If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast !
Derived terms
* french toast * propose a toast * Texas toast * toaster * toast of the townVerb
(en verb)- We liked to toast marshmallows around the campfire.
- Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.
- We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening.
- I toasted my feet by the fire.