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mic drop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Synonym of drop the mic.
  2. (idiomatic, slang) An instance of dropping the mic.
    • No mic drop in history will ever be as thoroughly scrutinised as the one performed by Barack Obama during his final White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening. Historians hundreds of years from now will refer to his “Obama out” in the same breath as the Emancipation Proclamation and “Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” 2016 May 2, Stuart Heritage, “‘Obama out’: a brief history of mic drops”, in The Guardian:
    • Many crypto bros try to silence skeptics with the same mic drop: “Have fun staying poor.” 2022 March 31, David Yaffe-Bellany, “Ben McKenzie Would Like a Word With the Crypto Bros”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
mic-drop alternative lexicographic
mic dropping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mic dropped Tense=Past lexicographic
mic dropped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mic drops Number=Plur lexicographic
mic drops Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

drop the mic