microphone

nounverbcommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfəʊn//
Canada//ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfoʊn//
Canada/[ˈmʌɪ̯.kɹəˌfoʊ̯n]/
Australia//ˈmɑe.kɹəˌfəʉn//

A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.

noun

1
A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.
Behind the tangled garden of microphones that had sprouted on the lectern, Goldwater spoke softly and casually about his family.
It rained hard through most of Roosevelt's Second Inaugural. Audio tape recordings of the speech feature the tattoo of the rain on Roosevelt's microphone[…]
2
obsoleteA speaking trumpet or hearing trumpet; an acoustic device to concentrate or amplify sound.

Etymology

From micro- + -phone.

verb

1
To put one or more microphones on or in.

Forms

plural: microphones
past tense: microphoned
past participle: microphoned
present participle: microphoning
third person singular: microphones

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