(qualifier:World War II; joint US/RAF; World War II; joint US/RAF) A radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter M.
(slang) An Irishman, especially a labourer.
[…] very hard work, a holy day — & the boys went on to […] & took the Mikes, so I cd get no helper but Marty — had to set up Punch & Judy show — & when I proposed to decorate tree heard it was still in the woods! However John Rourke appeared & dug up a small silver, to be planted again […] quoted in 1996, Lady Gregory, James Pethica, Lady Gregory's Diaries, 1892-1902 (page 200)
Gott strafe the roll-call, hurrah for the 'Mikes,' / Hurrah for the rebel boys that organised the strikes, / For everywhere the roll was called their names they didn't know. 2006, Lyn Ebenezer, Fron-Goch and the Birth of the IRA, page 126:
(countable, uncountable) A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin was not impressed with the executive orders, calling them a “troubling example” of executive overreach that “could harm us for generations.” 2025 January 14, Leah Willingham, “West Virginia governor axes DEI and enacts vaccine exemptions on first full day in office”, in AP News, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2025:
(countable, uncountable) A diminutive of the female given name Michaela.
es Migo (diminutive of Michael) · es Migue (diminutive of Michael) · az Mayk (diminutive of Michael) · el Μιχάλης (diminutive of Michael) · vi Mai-cơ (diminutive of Michael) · el Μάικ (diminutive of Michael) · fa مایک (diminutive of Michael) · de Maik (diminutive of Michael) · de Mike (diminutive of Michael) · ar مايك (diminutive of Michael) · de Meik (diminutive of Michael)