Mike-Miken.

Brit.

/ˌmʌɪkˈmʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪkˈmaɪk/

Forms: 1900s– Mike-Mike, 1900s– mike-mike.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: Mike n.⁴

Etymology: < Mike n.⁴ + Mike n.⁴ (see sense 2 s.v.), after mm n. at M n. Initialisms 4b.

U.S. Military slang.

Esp. in the war in Vietnam: a weapon, or ammunition, the calibre of which is measured in millimetres; a millimetre (chiefly attributive).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] > type of firearm > others

full bore1622

spingard1671

ordered armsa1689

double-barrel1811

smooth-bore1812

stern-chaser1835

shunt1864

shunt (rifled) gun1864

sidelocka1865

firer1885

slide action1921

Mike-Mike1969

multicalibre1986

1969 Esquire Oct. 118 The C-47..carried 20 and .762 mm guns in their doors, Mike-Mikes that could fire out three hundred rounds per second, Gatling style.

1980 M. Baker Nam 89 We called in the 80 Mike-Mikes—mortars.

1984 J. R. Elting Dict. Soldier Talk 199/1 Eight-one-mike-mike mortar.

1990 T. Yarborough Da Nang Diary 53 Everybody's got four Mark-117s and twenty mike-mike.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mike-mike
释义	Mike-Miken. Brit. /ˌmʌɪkˈmʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkˈmaɪk/ Forms: 1900s– Mike-Mike, 1900s– mike-mike. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: Mike n.⁴ Etymology: < Mike n.⁴ + Mike n.⁴ (see sense 2 s.v.), after mm n. at M n. Initialisms 4b. U.S. Military slang. Esp. in the war in Vietnam: a weapon, or ammunition, the calibre of which is measured in millimetres; a millimetre (chiefly attributive). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] > type of firearm > others full bore1622 spingard1671 ordered armsa1689 double-barrel1811 smooth-bore1812 stern-chaser1835 shunt1864 shunt (rifled) gun1864 sidelocka1865 firer1885 slide action1921 Mike-Mike1969 multicalibre1986 1969 Esquire Oct. 118 The C-47..carried 20 and .762 mm guns in their doors, Mike-Mikes that could fire out three hundred rounds per second, Gatling style. 1980 M. Baker Nam 89 We called in the 80 Mike-Mikes—mortars. 1984 J. R. Elting Dict. Soldier Talk 199/1 Eight-one-mike-mike mortar. 1990 T. Yarborough Da Nang Diary 53 Everybody's got four Mark-117s and twenty mike-mike. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1969
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