overmike en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + mike.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make too loud by means of a poorly positioned microphone.
No, they don't sing, but on the plus side that means they're not overmiked either.
2007 November 21, Charles Isherwood, “Broadway Is Mostly Dark, but Oh, All the Other Places to Go”, in New York Times:If the recording is misequalized, overmike, or poorly reverbed, the C/II will expose these faults.
1988, High Fidelity - Volume 38, Issue 2, page 28:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overmikes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overmiking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overmiked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overmiked | Tense=Past | lexicographic |